Using an output statement for a delete w/o affecting any oracle error msg

Question

Dear all;
I have a delete statement similar to this below
  delete from tbl_one t
  where t.tbl_one_location = location
  and location not in (select distinct p.issuearea  from tbl_two p);the delete statement is within a package, however what i would like to do is output a simple message to show if the delete was successful meaning that an actual item was deleted and if it wasnt successful output another statement for that.
I have an idea in my mind which is to keep track of the number of items in tbl_one before the deletion and then check the count after deletion and if the count is less, then the deletion was successful...hence output the message. Is this the best way to go about it or is there an easier way to do this.
Thank you, All help is appreciated.

Answer 1

All u need is this -
SQL%ROWCOUNTPlease see the folowing -
SQL> select empno
  2    from emp;
     EMPNO
         1
         2
         3
         4
         5
SQL>
SQL> BEGIN
  2     DELETE FROM emp
  3           WHERE empno = 1;
  4 
  5     IF (SQL%ROWCOUNT > 0)
  6     THEN
  7        DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (SQL%ROWCOUNT || ' Rows Deleted.');
  8     END IF;
  9  END;
10  /
1 Rows Deleted.
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> select empno from emp;
     EMPNO
         2
         3
         4
         5
SQL> Hope this helps..
Formatted the code..
Edited by: Sri on Mar 22, 2011 8:31 AM