Right after executing a DML statement, you retrieve any attribute of the implicit cursor by using SQL%attribute_name, as shown in the following tutorial exercise:

CREATE TABLE student (id NUMBER(5) PRIMARY KEY,

first_name VARCHAR(80) NOT NULL,

last_name VARCHAR(80) NOT NULL);

Table created.

DECLARE

id NUMBER;

first_name CHAR(10);

BEGIN

id := 29;

first_name := 'Bob';

INSERT INTO student VALUES(id, first_name, 'Henry');

first_name := 'Joe';

INSERT INTO student VALUES(id+1, first_name, 'Bush');

DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('# of rows inserted: '

|| SQL%ROWCOUNT);

first_name := 'ggl';

UPDATE student SET first_name = first_name WHERE id = 29;

IF SQL%FOUND THEN

DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('# of rows updated: '

|| SQL%ROWCOUNT);

END IF;

UPDATE student SET first_name = first_name

WHERE id = id+1;

IF SQL%NOTFOUND THEN

DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('No records updated.');

END IF;

DELETE FROM student WHERE id = id;

DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('# of rows deleted: '

|| SQL%ROWCOUNT);

END;

/

# of rows inserted: 1

# of rows updated: 1

No records updated.

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