Number of rows affected by an UPDATE in PL/SQL

 Number of rows affected by an UPDATE in PL/SQL

The following query can be used to know how many rows are updated. SQL%rowcount is used to find the number rows updated.

DECLARE 

    i NUMBER; 

BEGIN 

    UPDATE emp

    SET ename = 'SCOTT' 

    WHERE  empno =5577; 

    i := SQL%rowcount; 

    --note that assignment has to precede COMMIT

    COMMIT; 

    dbms_output.Put_line(i); 

END;