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$this->db->delete() -- does it return anything? - El Forum - 05-06-2010
[eluser]parham90[/eluser]
Hi,
I was wondering if $this->db->delete() returns anything. I am writing a model, and I want the model to return false if deletion fails, so I can notify the user. Is it possible to say:
Code:
if ($this->db->delete('links'))
return true;
else
return false;Oh, and also, is it possible to monitor a forum so I can know when a new question is posted (so I can help answer it!)? I see people answer my questions really fast.
Thank you all.
$this->db->delete() -- does it return anything? - El Forum - 05-06-2010
[eluser]erik.brannstrom[/eluser]
As far as I now, delete() only returns false if an error has occurred, which means it has failed. If, however, you would like to return false if no rows were deleted, you can use $this->db->affected_rows(), which will return the number of rows removed from the table. Hope this helps!
$this->db->delete() -- does it return anything? - El Forum - 05-06-2010
[eluser]parham90[/eluser]
Thanks! Yes, that does help indeed.