Question

In oracle, I want to create a delete sproc that returns an integer based on the outcome of the deletion.

this is what i have so far.

create or replace PROCEDURE Testing (  iKey IN VARCHAR2 )  AS   BEGIN   delete from MyTable WHERE    TheKey = iKey;  END Testing; 

i’ve tried putting a RETURNS INTEGER in but the sproc won’t compile.

Answer 1

Use a function and the implicit SQL cursor to determine the number of rows deleted

create or replace FUNCTION Testing (  iKey IN VARCHAR2 ) RETURN INTEGER  AS   BEGIN   delete from MyTable WHERE    TheKey = iKey;    RETURN SQL%ROWCOUNT;  END Testing; 

That should work