Re: Finding number of rows deleted in a stored procedure

Ross Bagley wrote:

> I did come across FOUND, which leads to this:
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION delete_role(del_role_pk bigint) RETURNS int AS $$
> BEGIN
>     DELETE FROM br_actor_role_mm WHERE role_fk = del_role_pk;
>     DELETE FROM br_role_permission_mm WHERE role_fk = del_role_pk;
>     DELETE FROM br_role WHERE role_pk = del_role_pk;
>     IF FOUND THEN
>         RETURN 1;
>     ELSE
>         RETURN 0;
>     END IF;
> END;
> $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;

Right.  Use GET DIAGNOSTICS foo = ROW_COUNT

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