Return number of rows affected by UPDATE statements

Question

How can I get the number of rows affected by an UPDATE query in a Stored Procedure (SQL Server 2005), as a resultset. e.g.

CREATE PROCEDURE UpdateTables
AS
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Answer 1

You might need to collect the stats as you go, but @@ROWCOUNT captures this:

declare @Fish table (
Name varchar(32)
)

insert into @Fish values ('Cod')
insert into @Fish values ('Salmon')
insert into @Fish values ('Butterfish')
update @Fish set Name = 'LurpackFish' where Name = 'Butterfish'
select @@ROWCOUNT  --gives 1

update @Fish set Name = 'Dinner'
select @@ROWCOUNT -- gives 3