Re: pg_affected Change Request

From: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
To: Jan <jan(at)fastpitchcentral(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_affected Change Request
Date: 2005-02-10 05:53:39
Message-ID: 20050210055339.GA59314@winnie.fuhr.org
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On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 09:50:41PM -0500, Jan wrote:

> I've been using PostgreSQL for about three months. So far my
> only objection is that "pg_affected" provides the number of attempts
> rather than the number of rows that are actually changed. I could
> easily do that with a little counter.

Please provide some context: What "pg_affected" are you talking
about? How are you determining that it provides "attempts" instead
of "actual"?

> I think PostgreSQL should be changed to return the number of rows
> actually changed (whether updated, inserted or deleted).

Please provide an example of what you're doing, what results you
expect or would like to see, and what results you actually get.

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Michael Fuhr
http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/

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