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title: "SQL_NO_DATA | Microsoft Docs"
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ms.date: "01/19/2017"
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# SQL_NO_DATA
When an ODBC 3.*x* application calls **SQLExecDirect**, **SQLExecute**, or **SQLParamData** in an ODBC 2.*x* driver to execute a searched update or delete statement that does not affect any rows at the data source, the driver should return SQL_SUCCESS, not SQL_NO_DATA. When an ODBC 2.*x* or ODBC 3.*x* application working with an ODBC 3.*x* driver calls **SQLExecDirect**, **SQLExecute**, or **SQLParamData** with the same result, the ODBC 3.*x* driver should return SQL_NO_DATA.