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  <refentry id="function.sybase-affected-rows">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>sybase_affected_rows</refname>
    <refpurpose>Gets number of affected rows in last query</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>int</type><methodname>sybase_affected_rows</methodname>
      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>resource</type><parameter>link_identifier</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     <function>sybase_affected_rows</function> returns the number of
     rows affected by the last INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE query on the
     server associated with the specified link identifier.  If the
     link identifier isn't specified, the last opened link is assumed.
    </para>
    <para>
     <example>
      <title>Delete-Query</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
    /* connect to database */
    sybase_connect('SYBASE', '', '') or
        die("Could not connect");
    sybase_select_db("db");

    sybase_query("DELETE FROM sometable WHERE id < 10");
    printf("Records deleted: %d\n", sybase_affected_rows());
?>
]]>
      </programlisting>
      <para>
       The above example would produce the following output:
      </para>
      <screen>
<![CDATA[
    Records deleted: 10
]]>
      </screen>
     </example>
    </para>
    <para>
     This command is not effective for SELECT statements, only on
     statements which modify records. To retrieve the number of rows
     returned from a SELECT, use <function>sybase_num_rows</function>.
     &sybase.ct.only;
    </para>
    <para>
     See also <function>sybase_num_rows</function>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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