title: What is the Oracle equivalent of SQL Server's SET NOCOUNT ON?
body: <p>What is the Oracle equivalent of SQL Server's SET NOCOUNT ON? </p>
  
  <p>From the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189837.aspx" rel="noreferrer">SQL Server documentation</a>:</p>
  
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    <p>SET NOCOUNT ON... Stops the message that shows the count of the number of rows affected by a Transact-SQL statement or stored procedure from being returned as part of the result set...   </p>
    
    <p>For stored procedures that contain several statements that do not return much actual data, or for procedures that contain Transact-SQL loops, setting SET NOCOUNT to ON can provide a significant performance boost, because network traffic is greatly reduced.</p>
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