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<refentry xml:id='function.mssql-rows-affected' xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>mssql_rows_affected</refname>
  <refpurpose>Returns the number of records affected by the query</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>int</type><methodname>mssql_rows_affected</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>link_identifier</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Returns the number of records affected by the last write query.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>link_identifier</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       A MS SQL link identifier, returned by
       <function>mssql_connect</function> or
       <function>mssql_pconnect</function>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns the number of records affected by last operation.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>mssql_rows_affected</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// Delete all rows in a table
mssql_query('TRUNCATE TABLE [php].[dbo].[persons]');

echo 'Deleted ' . mssql_rows_affected($link) . ' row(s)';
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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