Hi,

Is there some way to FORCE SQL*Plus to always return a figure for the
number of rows selected?

It doesn't always return the number of rows returned.

For example if I do:
SQL> select row_id from CX_BATCH_REF;

ROW_ID
---------------
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

ROW_ID
---------------
12

12 rows selected.

Then I do:

SQL> select systimestamp from dual;

SYSTIMESTAMP
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
25/MAY/05 10:42:10.012928 AM +10:00

There is no rows returned line for my second select statement.

scott@ORA92> set feedback 1
scott@ORA92> select systimestamp from dual;

SYSTIMESTAMP
--------------------------------------------
24-MAY-05 06.00.14.453000 PM -07:00

1 row selected.