That's the return value from a non-select SQL statement's execution. This is in the DBI documentation, I believe.
Basically, you want: my $sql = 'UPDATE TEST SET TEST.TEST1 = 3 WHERE TEST.TEST2 = 2'; my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql); my $rows_affected = $sth->execute(); On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Adam Peterson wrote: > hi, > > i'm running a cgi script that updates a database. i would like to capture > the number of rows affected by the update, but can't figure out how to. i > would like $rows_affected to equal the standard "(1 row(s) affected)" that > is returned from a worksheet. > > thanks for any help. > > -adam > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com >
