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rama108
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Posted - 03/06/2013 :  15:03:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
We can use @@ROWCOUNT to determine if there are any rows in SELECT statement. How do we determine if there were any records updated?

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James K
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Posted - 03/06/2013 :  15:12:30  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
You can still use @@ROWCOUNT, but with one caveat. @@ROWCOUNT would return the number of rows touched, rather than rows where some column or other was changed. So for example, in the following, if there were any rows in the table where id = 3, you would get a non-zero number for @@ROWCOUNT even though the data was not materially changed:
UPDATE tbl SET id = 3 WHERE id = 3;
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rama108
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Posted - 03/06/2013 :  15:49:16  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thanks James. What if i do not have a where clause in update statement?

UPDATE TableA
FROM TableA a
JOIN TableB b
on a.ID = b.ID

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James K
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Posted - 03/06/2013 :  17:02:42  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It would return exactly the same number as you would get if you were to replace the update with a select 
SELECT *
FROM TableA a
JOIN TableB b
on a.ID = b.ID;
SELECT @@rowcount;
Edited by - James K on 03/06/2013 17:02:59
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