Question

I have a code like this where user selects field1 from a list box and click on submit to delete all data for the selected value.

$sql = "delete from table where field1 = '$parameter' ;
mssql_query ($sql);

On successful delete i.e. after submit, I want to display text something like “Deleted 153 records from table”

How it can be done?

Answer 1

Use mssql_rows_affected() :

$sql = "delete from table where field1 = '$parameter' "; //added closing quotes
mssql_query ($sql);
echo "Deleted " . mssql_rows_affected($database_link) . " records from table."; //where `$database_link` is the variable that contains the `mssql_connect` statement