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I just ran a rather simple INSERT statement (that I think processed a lot of rows), and I got the message:

-1,311,750,183 rows inserted

Should I be concerned about the fact that it's negative?

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It is possible that the number of rows exceed the value of PLS_INTEGER. Here is the quote from Oracle on %ROWCOUNT.

%ROWCOUNT Attribute: How Many Rows Were Fetched? %ROWCOUNT returns: Zero after the explicit cursor is opened but before the first fetch Otherwise, the number of rows fetched (a PLS_INTEGER) Note: If the number of rows exceeds the maximum value for a PLS_INTEGER, then SQL%ROWCOUNT returns a negative value. For information about PLS_INTEGER, see "PLS_INTEGER and BINARY_INTEGER Data Types".

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