>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I am calling SQL Update command from VFP application. Since I don't know if the matching record is found in the SQL Server, I want to have the results; so that I can count how many record were updated. I thought I can add the name of a cursor and "capture" this. But it does not seem to work. Here is what I am doing:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>cSqlUpdate = "update mytable set field1 = '1233' where id_field = 'ABC'"
>>>>nResult = SQLEXEC(hCon, cSqlUpdate, "cur_result")
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I thought that the cursor "cur_result" would be created on successful update. But Select ("cur_result") is 0 after an update that I see worked. What am I missing?
>>>>
>>>>TIA
>>>>
>>>
>>>UPDATE statement do not create cursor.
>>
>>Thank you.
>
>
>If you want updated records as cursor than you ca use OUTPUT statement:
>
>cSqlUpdate = "update mytable set field1 = '1233' where id_field = 'ABC' OUTPUT INSERTED.*"
>nResult = SQLEXEC(hCon, cSqlUpdate, "cur_result")
>SELECT cur_result
>BROW NORMAL
>
Thank you. What is the purpose of the word "INSERTED.*" in your code above? I am updating (not inserting).
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