On Feb 16, 2:04 pm, "Bob Simms" <bob_si...@somewhere.com> wrote:
> "DanWeaver" <danofwea...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1171647339.649274.123900@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> >I must be doing some daft thing-
> > In Management Studio Express I have Northwind, Pubs and a db of my
> > own.
> > I can create SQL select queries and get results back fine but when I
> > try to do an insert, update or delete I get the message: (1 row(s)
> > affected) - making me think all has gone well, however, when I refresh
> > and look at the relevant table nothing has changed.
> > Any tips?
> > D
>
> It sounds as though the transactions aren't being committed.
>
> Try the following
>
> BEGIN TRAN
> INSERT myTbl
> VALUES('aaa')
> COMMIT TRAN
>
> (Obviously, put an insert statement that makes sense)
>
> Then do a SELECT to see if it's worked.

"DanWeaver" <danofweaver@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:1171647339.649274.123900@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>I must be doing some daft thing-
> In Management Studio Express I have Northwind, Pubs and a db of my
> own.
> I can create SQL select queries and get results back fine but when I
> try to do an insert, update or delete I get the message: (1 row(s)
> affected) - making me think all has gone well, however, when I refresh
> and look at the relevant table nothing has changed.
> Any tips?
> D
>