mysql "rows affected"

[Carl K]

Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:18:57 -0700, John Nagle <nagle at animats.com>
> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python:
> 
>> Carl K wrote:
>>> using MySQLdb, I do cursor.execute("update...")
>>>
>>> How can I tell how many rows were affected ?
>>>
>>> Carl K
>> 	cursor = db.cursor() # get cursor					
>> 	cursor.execute(sqlstatement, argtuple) # do command
> 
> 	According to the documentation, it may be possible to get the result
> with
> 
> 	rws = cursor.execute(...)
> 
> 
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-
>>>> help(cr.execute)
> Help on method execute in module MySQLdb.cursors:
> 
> execute(self, query, args=None) method of MySQLdb.cursors.Cursor
> instance
>     Execute a query.
>     
>     query -- string, query to execute on server
>     args -- optional sequence or mapping, parameters to use with query.
>     
>     Note: If args is a sequence, then %s must be used as the
>     parameter placeholder in the query. If a mapping is used,
>     %(key)s must be used as the placeholder.
>     
>     Returns long integer rows affected, if any
> 
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-

hey look at that.  Thanks.

Carl K