Re: Partitioned tables do not return affected row counts to client

On Thu, 2016-06-02 at 11:01 -0700, rverghese wrote:
> We are looking to move from one large table to partitioned tables.
> Since the
> inserts and updates are made to the master table and then inserted
> into the
> appropriate partitioned table based on the trigger rules, the
> affected_rows
> returned to the client (PHP in this case) is always 0. We have been
> using
> the affected_rows to check various things on the client end. Is there
> an
> alternative to check for rows affected with partitioned tables? Seems
> like a
> pretty big missing feature. 
> Thanks
> RV
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pg_affected_rows returns its value from the last SQL statement
executed.
So, if the last one was a "COMMIT" say, then it returns zero.

I guess you already know this.
Without knowing the complete circumstances, all I can suggest is
running a query using your partitioning rules to verify that the rows
were inserted into the correct partition.

HTH,
Rob