The dml not giving proper value in the returning into variable

Question

DELETE FROM temp_records_med
WHERE slno NOT IN (SELECT COLUMN_VALUE
FROM TABLE (v_slno_tab));
RETURNING COUNT(slno) INTO p_retval;
There are 4 rows deleted but the the the variable has got 0 in it.
Why?

Answer 1

I am deleting from the below given table based on SLNO.
How to get the count of records that are deleted?
DESC temp_records_med
SQL>
FILEID NUMBER,
FILENAME VARCHAR2(100 BYTE),
SLNO NUMBER,
IMSI VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
IMEI VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
CALLEVENTSTARTTIMESTAMP DATE,
UTCTIMEOFFSET VARCHAR2(6 BYTE),
CALLEVENTDURATION NUMBER,
CAUSEFORTERMINATION NUMBER,
CALLTYPE NUMBER,
SERVICETYPE NUMBER,
SERVICECODE NUMBER,
SUPPLSERVICECODE VARCHAR2(5 BYTE),
DIALLEDDIGITS VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
CONNECTEDCALLINGNUMBER VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
THIRDPARTYNUMBER VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
RECORDINGENTITYIDENTIFICATION VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
CALLREFERENCE VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
ACCESSPOINTNAMENI VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
ACCESSPOINTNAMEOI VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
DATAVOLUMEINCOMING NUMBER,
DATAVOLUMEOUTGOING NUMBER,
SGSNADDRESS VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
GGSNADDRESS VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
CHARGINGID VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
CHARGEAMOUNT NUMBER
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE p1 (p_retval OUT NUMBER)
IS
   CURSOR med_rec_cur
   IS
      SELECT *
        FROM temp_records_med;
   TYPE med_rec_tab IS TABLE OF temp_records_med%ROWTYPE;
   TYPE slno_tab IS TABLE OF temp_records_med.slno%TYPE;
   v_count         NUMBER;
   v_filename      temp_records_med.filename%TYPE;
   v_fileid        temp_records_med.fileid%TYPE;
   v_med_rec_tab   med_rec_tab;
   v_slno_tab      g_slno_tab;
   dml_errors      EXCEPTION;
   v_count1 number;
   v_count2 number;
BEGIN
   OPEN med_rec_cur;
   LOOP
      BEGIN
         FETCH med_rec_cur
         BULK COLLECT INTO v_med_rec_tab LIMIT 1000;
         FORALL i IN v_med_rec_tab.FIRST..v_med_rec_tab.LAST SAVE EXCEPTIONS
            INSERT INTO meddetail
                 VALUES v_med_rec_tab (i)
              RETURNING       slno
            BULK COLLECT INTO v_slno_tab;
      EXCEPTION
         WHEN DUP_VAL_ON_INDEX
         THEN
            NULL;
         WHEN OTHERS
         THEN
            NULL;
      END;
      EXIT WHEN med_rec_cur%NOTFOUND;
   END LOOP;
   CLOSE med_rec_cur;
  DELETE FROM temp_records_med
         WHERE slno NOT IN (SELECT COLUMN_VALUE
                          FROM TABLE (v_slno_tab));
    --RETURNING COUNT(slno) INTO p_retval;
   COMMIT;
END;Edited by: user8731258 on Sep 8, 2010 10:50 PM