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pg-promise number of updated rows


I am using the pg-promise NodeJS module. At some point, I am updating one of my database's table. I would like to know how many rows have been updated by the query, is it possible?

Below is part of my code:

var queryText = "UPDATE public.mytable SET whatever = $1 WHERE criteria1=$2 AND criteria2=$3;",
    queryParam = [
      value1,
      value2,
      value3
    ];

    postgres.none(queryText, queryParam)
    .then((value) => {
      // how can I know at this point how many rows have been updated
      resolve(result);

    })
    .catch(err => {
      // it doesn't go here when zero row has been updated
      reject(err);
    });

Thank you!


Solution

  • I'm the author of pg-promise. In order to access the advanced query-result details, you need to execute the query via method result. And in your case you would access property rowCount:

    db.result(query, values, r => r.rowCount)
        .then(count => {
           // count = number of rows affected (updated or deleted) by the query
        })
        .catch(error => {
        });
    

    P.S. You do not need to use resolve(result) inside .then or reject(err) inside .catch, as all query methods of pg-promise already return promises.

    UPDATE

    Newer, ES7 syntax:

    const {rowCount} = await db.result(query, values);