Posted by Dimitri Furman on 08/29/05 22:40

SQL Server 2000 SP3.

Is it possible for the @@ROWCOUNT function to return NULL after a
statement? I am troubleshooting a relatively large stored procedure with
multiple SELECT statements and a couple of INSERTs into table variables.
Immediately after each statement I save the value returned by @@ROWCOUNT to
a local variable. That information eventually is passed back to the client
via one output parameter, for all statements in the procedure.
Occasionally, the value returned via that parameter is NULL. This cannot be
reproduced by re-running the SP with the same input parameters.

Before doing any further troubleshooting, I would like to rule out the
possibility that @@ROWCOUNT can actually return a NULL under some
circumstances. From searching the archives, it appears that in SQL Server
7.0 this could happen in the context of a DML query on a table with
triggers. This is not the case here - the only DML queries are INSERTs into
table variables, all other queries in the SP are SELECTs.

Any related information would be appreciated.

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