Counting the number of deleted rows in a SQL Server stored procedure

Question

In SQL Server 2005, is there a way of deleting rows and being told how many were actually deleted?

I could do a select count(*) with the s

Answer 1

I use @@ROWCOUNT for this exact purpose in SQL2000 with no issues. Make sure that you're not inadvertantly resetting this count before checking it though (BOL: 'This variable is set to 0 by any statement that does not return rows, such as an IF statement').