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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.misc -> Re: Finding out how many rows were updated?
Paul Tomlinson wrote:
> All,
>
> Why does Oracle reject the following SQL as invalid?
>
> UPDATE COMPANIES
> SET CONTACT = p_contact,
> WHERE COMPANY_ID = p_CompanyID
> RETURNING SQL%ROWCOUNT
> INTO v_noupdated;
>
> I get "PL/SQL: ORA-00911: invalid character"
> I want a way to pass back to my (C++) program the number of rows that this
> statement updated.
>
> Your thoughts?
SET CONTACT = p_contact,
To start with. What is the comma supposed to do?
-- Daniel Morgan http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/oad/oad_crs.asp http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/aoa/aoa_crs.asp damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with a 'u' to reply)Received on Fri Dec 19 2003 - 09:37:35 CST
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