Hi, John,
On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 12:02 PM, John R Pierce <pierce@hogranch.com> wrote:
> On 9/20/2017 6:30 AM, Igor Korot wrote:
>
> Hi, guys,
>
> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 12:20 AM, Allan Harvey
> <allan.harvey@libertyonesteel.com> wrote:
>
> How do I properly check if the record exists from libpq?
>
> Igor,
> I use PQntuples() to check the number of ... tuples, for > 0
>
> I was actually curious - isn't it what "PGRES_COMMAND_OK" for?
> IIUC, this constant indicates successful query run, but no records was
> generated.
>
> Or am I missing something and I will have to check PQntuples()?
>
>
> a query that returns zero rows is still successful.
From the documentation:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/libpq-exec.html
[quote]
PGRES_COMMAND_OK
Successful completion of a command returning no data.
[/quote]
No data = no rows, right?
Thank you.
>
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> john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
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