PHP Manual . ... Next . PHP 3 <= 3.0.18, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0) pg_cmdtuples -- Returns number of affected records(tuples) . int pg_cmdtuples ( resource result) . pg_cmdtuples() returns the number of tuples (instances/records/rows) affected by INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE queries executed by pg_exec() . If no tuple is affected by this function, it will return 0. ... php $result = pg_exec ($conn, "INSERT INTO publisher VALUES ('Author')"); $cmdtuples = pg_cmdtuples ($result); echo $cmdtuples . ...