Get Recordcount of last Query

Question

Hi,is it possible to get the number of records of the last SQL-Query inside a Stored Procedure.
I´m trying to get my Stored Procedure faster and the problem is, that there are many code snippets like the following:
--check if there are any records
Select count(*) INTO v_cnt FROM XXX WHERE XXXX=XXXX;
--if there are records
IF v_cnt > 0 THEN
--get the data of this records
SELECT a,b,c INTO v_a,v_b,v_c FROM XXX WHERE XXXX=XXXX;
END IF;
Now i want to solve this with one SQL-Statement.
BEGIN
SELECT a,b,c INTO v_a,v_b,v_c FROM XXX WHERE XXXX=XXXX;
--Catch the "No data found"-Exception
EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN
NULL;
END;
IF (??theglobalvariablethatisearch??) > 0 THEN
END IF;
Is there such a "global Variable" in Oracle SQL??
Thanks

Answer 1

Why not eliminate the IF altogether? If NO_DATA_FOUND isn't raised, the number of rows must be > 0
BEGIN
  SELECT a,b,c
    INTO v_a,v_b,v_c
    FROM XXX
   WHERE XXXX=XXXX;
  <<contents of the THEN clause of your IF statement>>
--Catch the "No data found"-Exception
EXCEPTION
  WHEN OTHERS
  THEN
    NULL;
END;Justin
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