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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.sybase-affected-rows">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>sybase_affected_rows</refname>
  <refpurpose>Gets number of affected rows in last query</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsynopsisdiv>
   &warn.removed.function-7-0-0;
 </refsynopsisdiv>

 
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <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.  
  </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>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>link_identifier</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       If the link identifier isn't specified, the last opened link is assumed.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns the number of affected rows, as an integer.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <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>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
Records deleted: 10
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>sybase_num_rows</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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