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Return Count

kapil_kk

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June 30, 2014 at 2:51 am

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Hi all,
I have a scenario in which I need to capture count of rows returned by execution of stored procedure.
I new we can do it declaring OUTPUT parameter to a stored procedure but we are not allowed to modify the procedure.
So , is there any alternate way to achieve this scenario,
DECLARE @count int = 0
EXEC [dbo].[usp_test]
SET @count = (SELECT @@rowcount)
select @count
While doing this, it will always return 0 as rowcount.
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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259085 More actions · Answer 1

What does the stored procedure do? Insert, update, delete, select?

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Divya Agrawal Hall of Fame Points: 3144 More actions · Answer 2

kapil_kk (6/30/2014)
Hi all,
I have a scenario in which I need to capture count of rows returned by execution of stored procedure.
I new we can do it declaring OUTPUT parameter to a stored procedure but we are not allowed to modify the procedure.
So , is there any alternate way to achieve this scenario,
DECLARE @count int = 0
EXEC [dbo].[usp_test]
SET @count = (SELECT @@rowcount)
select @count
While doing this, it will always return 0 as rowcount.

I tried the same code and it worked. Please recheck whether the sp is resulting any rows or not

--Divya

Hardy21 SSCrazy Eights Points: 9708 More actions · Answer 3

kapil_kk (6/30/2014)
Hi all,
I have a scenario in which I need to capture count of rows returned by execution of stored procedure.
I new we can do it declaring OUTPUT parameter to a stored procedure but we are not allowed to modify the procedure.
So , is there any alternate way to achieve this scenario,
DECLARE @count int = 0
EXEC [dbo].[usp_test]
SET @count = (SELECT @@rowcount)
select @count
While doing this, it will always return 0 as rowcount.

Syntax is correct and it should retrieve the record count.

I am hoping your underlying procedure is not returning any rows. Please check the procedure.

Thanks

kapil_kk SSC-Insane Points: 21316 More actions · Answer 4

only SELECT

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kapil_kk SSC-Insane Points: 21316 More actions · Answer 5

Hardy21 (6/30/2014)
kapil_kk (6/30/2014)
Hi all,
I have a scenario in which I need to capture count of rows returned by execution of stored procedure.
I new we can do it declaring OUTPUT parameter to a stored procedure but we are not allowed to modify the procedure.
So , is there any alternate way to achieve this scenario,
DECLARE @count int = 0
EXEC [dbo].[usp_test]
SET @count = (SELECT @@rowcount)
select @count
While doing this, it will always return 0 as rowcount.
Syntax is correct and it should retrieve the record count.
I am hoping your underlying procedure is not returning any rows. Please check the procedure.

my stored procedure is returnign rows but @@rowcount is returning 0

_______________________________________________________________
To get quick answer follow this link:
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/

kapil_kk SSC-Insane Points: 21316 More actions · Answer 6

Koen Verbeeck (6/30/2014)
What does the stored procedure do? Insert, update, delete, select?

Only Select

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259085 More actions · Answer 7

kapil_kk (6/30/2014)
only SELECT

It works fine here.

CREATE PROC dbo.MyTestProc AS

SELECT 1 AS Test;

GO

DECLARE @cnt INT;

EXEC dbo.MyTestProc;

SET @cnt = @@ROWCOUNT;

SELECT @cnt;

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Hardy21 SSCrazy Eights Points: 9708 More actions · Answer 8

kapil_kk (6/30/2014)
Hardy21 (6/30/2014)
kapil_kk (6/30/2014)
Hi all,
I have a scenario in which I need to capture count of rows returned by execution of stored procedure.
I new we can do it declaring OUTPUT parameter to a stored procedure but we are not allowed to modify the procedure.
So , is there any alternate way to achieve this scenario,
DECLARE @count int = 0
EXEC [dbo].[usp_test]
SET @count = (SELECT @@rowcount)
select @count
While doing this, it will always return 0 as rowcount.
Syntax is correct and it should retrieve the record count.
I am hoping your underlying procedure is not returning any rows. Please check the procedure.
my stored procedure is returnign rows but @@rowcount is returning 0

It is working fine in my case.

Thanks

kapil_kk SSC-Insane Points: 21316 More actions · Answer 9

Koen Verbeeck (6/30/2014)
kapil_kk (6/30/2014)
only SELECT
It works fine here.
CREATE PROC dbo.MyTestProc AS
SELECT 1 AS Test;
GO
DECLARE @cnt INT;
EXEC dbo.MyTestProc;
SET @cnt = @@ROWCOUNT;
SELECT @cnt;

Does it make any impact if I used SET NOCOUNT ON; in my stored procedure....

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259085 More actions · Answer 10

kapil_kk (6/30/2014)
Koen Verbeeck (6/30/2014)
kapil_kk (6/30/2014)
only SELECT
It works fine here.
CREATE PROC dbo.MyTestProc AS
SELECT 1 AS Test;
GO
DECLARE @cnt INT;
EXEC dbo.MyTestProc;
SET @cnt = @@ROWCOUNT;
SELECT @cnt;
Does it make any impact if I used SET NOCOUNT ON; in my stored procedure....

No.

According to MSDN:

The @@ROWCOUNT function is updated even when SET NOCOUNT is ON.

SET NOCOUNT (Transact-SQL)

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Chris Wooding SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4530 More actions · Answer 11

Is there any code after the Select, eg. tidy-up code?

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 12

What does the procedure do? Can you post code?

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Kalpesh Kanjibhai Patel SSC Enthusiast Points: 182 More actions · Answer 13

Select 1 as [aliasname]

Result: 1 row(s) affected

Your result is [1 row(s) affected] so @@rowcount will have value 1.

SET NOCOUNT ON / OFF doesn;t matter with it.

Eugene Elutin SSC Guru Points: 59322 More actions · Answer 14

Check this setup:

CREATE PROC usp_Test

AS

DECLARE @t TABLE (v int)

SELECT 1 [Val]

GO

Now lets test:

EXEC usp_Test

SELECT @@ROWCOUNT

Stored proc retunrs resultset with one row and @@rowcount returns 1 as expected.

Not lets slightly change our proc:

ALTER PROC usp_Test

AS

DECLARE @t TABLE (v int)

SELECT 1 [Val]

DELETE @t

GO

Now test it again. Stored proc still returns exactly the same recordset of row, but @@rowcount is 0!

So, it is very important to see what exactly your stored proc is doing before exiting...

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