Returning Row Counts From Procedure?

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Returning Row Counts From Procedure?

Stamey

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September 16, 2010 at 9:33 am

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I have a procedure that selects records from one table to another, depending on the error flag, Int, 1 or 0.
The procedure is defined as:
Create Procedure InsertInstMain(@JobKey Int, @Rows Int Output, @Errors Int Output)
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I am trying to populate the 2 output variables defined in the procedure create statement. I have tried both of the following statements, with and without Set NoCount On
Set @Rows = @@RowCount
Select @Rows = Count(*) From InstRaw Where Error = 0 And JobTableKey = @jobkey
I do the same thing with the errors, which are inserted into another table, if some fields fail data validation.
Problem is no values are returned from my procedure. I am beginning to think this is impossible, but perhaps I am not holding my mouth right. If I have NoCount Off I do get information back, in the form of "695,347 row(s) affected", when running in SSMS.
This procedure will be called from an SSIS package once I get it working correctly.
Thanks,
Chris
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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 1

It's probably how you are calling the sp. Try this in a query window:

alter Procedure InsertInstMain(@JobKey Int, @Rows Int Output, @Errors Int Output)

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SET NOCOUNT ON

--I am trying to populate the 2 output variables defined in the procedure create statement.

--I have tried both of the following statements, with and without Set NoCount On

SELECT [Today] = GETDATE()

SET @Rows = @@RowCount

SET @Errors = 999

RETURN 0

GO

DECLARE @jobkey Int, @Rows Int, @Errors Int

EXEC InsertInstMain @jobkey, @Rows OUTPUT, @Errors OUTPUT

SELECT [Rows] = @Rows, [Errors] = @Errors

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Stamey SSCertifiable Points: 5600 More actions · Answer 2

That works nice. I guess I needed to specify Output when I call the proc. That works better.

Thanks,

Chris

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