SQL Stored Procedure ROW_COUNT

I am a newbie to SQL Stored Procedures so be gentle and don't make fun of
my code. But, if it needs correcting feel free to say so. Anyway... I
have the following series of statements that are executing without error.
I also check the base table and the rows *are* getting deleted. However,
the message I'm getting back at the end is that rows deleted = 0. How can
this be fixed to accurately give the number of deleted rows? Thanks.

DELETE IMIOVMET
WHERE Company_Number = COMPNUMB
AND Company_Period = COMPPERD;
GET CURRENT DIAGNOSTICS CONDITION 1 CURSTATE = RETURNED_SQLSTATE;
IF SUBSTR(CURSTATE,1,2) <> '00' THEN
SET STR1 = ERRPFX || 'IM IOV M/E data delete failed.'
|| ' (' || CURSTATE || ')';
SIGNAL SQLSTATE '88W08' SET MESSAGE_TEXT = STR1;
END IF;
GET DIAGNOSTICS CNT2 = ROW_COUNT;
COMMIT WORK;
GET CURRENT DIAGNOSTICS CONDITION 1 CURSTATE = RETURNED_SQLSTATE;
IF SUBSTR(CURSTATE,1,2) <> '00' THEN
SET STR1 = ERRPFX || 'SQL failed to commit updates.'
|| ' (' || CURSTATE || ')';
SIGNAL SQLSTATE '88W09' SET MESSAGE_TEXT = STR1;
END IF;
SET STR1 = ERRPFX || 'IM IOV M/E rows deleted = ' || CHAR(CNT2);
SIGNAL SQLSTATE '88W00' SET MESSAGE_TEXT = STR1;

Sincerely,

Dave Clark
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direct: (937) 531-6378

Winsupply Group Services
3110 Kettering Boulevard
Dayton, Ohio 45439 USA
(937) 294-5331



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