diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 6e6efe1..15b25bc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 0.2.7:
 	* Add support for DATETIMEOFFSET
+	* Add exec variant returning number of affected rows
 0.2.6:
 	* Add support for SQLSTATE
 	* Fix copying issues for error messages
diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
index 9ee1221..f18fc7e 100644
--- a/app/Main.hs
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@
 
 module Main (main) where
 
-import           Data.List
 import           Data.Time.LocalTime (ZonedTime(..))
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 import qualified Data.Text.IO as T
 import           Control.Exception
-import qualified Data.Text as T
 import qualified Database.ODBC.Internal as ODBC
 import           System.Environment
 import           System.IO
diff --git a/cbits/odbc.c b/cbits/odbc.c
index 9ac39bd..ecaff61 100644
--- a/cbits/odbc.c
+++ b/cbits/odbc.c
@@ -269,6 +269,13 @@ RETCODE odbc_SQLNumResultCols(SQLHSTMT *hstmt, SQLSMALLINT *cols){
   return SQLNumResultCols(*hstmt, cols);
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Get rows
+
+RETCODE odbc_SQLRowCount(SQLHSTMT *hstmt, SQLLEN *rows){
+  return SQLRowCount(*hstmt, rows);
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Logs
 
@@ -402,4 +409,4 @@ SQLSMALLINT TIMESTAMPOFFSET_STRUCT_timezone_hour(TIMESTAMPOFFSET_STRUCT *t){
 
 SQLSMALLINT TIMESTAMPOFFSET_STRUCT_timezone_minute(TIMESTAMPOFFSET_STRUCT *t){
   return t->timezone_minute;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/odbc.cabal b/odbc.cabal
index 3e05d82..f8ad94f 100644
--- a/odbc.cabal
+++ b/odbc.cabal
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: Haskell binding to the ODBC API. This has been tested
              suite runs on OS X, Windows and Linux.
 copyright: FP Complete 2018
 maintainer: chrisdone@fpcomplete.com
-version:             0.2.6
+version:             0.2.7
 license:             BSD3
 license-file:        LICENSE
 build-type:          Simple
diff --git a/src/Database/ODBC/Internal.hs b/src/Database/ODBC/Internal.hs
index 5c6f357..3de7b74 100644
--- a/src/Database/ODBC/Internal.hs
+++ b/src/Database/ODBC/Internal.hs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ module Database.ODBC.Internal
   , Connection
     -- * Executing queries
   , exec
+  , execAffectedRows
   , query
   , Value(..)
   , Binary(..)
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ module Database.ODBC.Internal
   , Step(..)
     -- * Parameters
   , execWithParams
+  , execAffectedRowsWithParams
   , queryWithParams
   , streamWithParams
   , Param(..)
@@ -280,7 +282,18 @@ exec ::
   -> m ()
 exec conn string = execWithParams conn string mempty
 
--- | Same as 'exec' but with parameters.
+-- | Execute a statement on the database and returns number of affected rows.
+--
+-- @since 0.2.7
+execAffectedRows ::
+     MonadIO m
+  => Connection -- ^ A connection to the database.
+  -> Text -- ^ SQL statement.
+  -> m Int
+execAffectedRows conn string = execAffectedRowsWithParams conn string mempty
+{-# INLINE execAffectedRows #-}
+
+-- | Same as 'execAffectedRows but with parameters.
 --
 -- @since 0.2.4
 execWithParams ::
@@ -296,6 +309,22 @@ execWithParams conn string params =
        "exec"
        (\dbc -> withExecDirect dbc string params (fetchAllResults dbc)))
 
+-- | Same as 'execAffectedRowsWithParams but returns number of affected rows.
+--
+-- @since 0.2.7
+execAffectedRowsWithParams ::
+     MonadIO m
+  => Connection -- ^ A connection to the database.
+  -> Text -- ^ SQL query with ? inside.
+  -> [Param] -- ^ Params matching the ? in the query string.
+  -> m Int
+execAffectedRowsWithParams conn string params =
+  withBound
+    (withHDBC
+       conn
+       "exec"
+       (\dbc -> withExecDirect dbc string params (fetchAllResults' dbc)))
+
 -- | Query and return a list of rows.
 query ::
      MonadIO m
@@ -549,6 +578,21 @@ fetchAllResults dbc stmt = do
     (retcode == sql_success || retcode == sql_success_with_info)
     (fetchAllResults dbc stmt)
 
+-- | Fetch all results from possible multiple statements.
+fetchAllResults' :: Ptr EnvAndDbc -> SQLHSTMT s -> IO Int
+fetchAllResults' dbc stmt = countRows <* fetchAllResults dbc stmt
+  where
+    countRows = do
+      SQLLEN rows <-
+        withMalloc
+          (\sizep -> do
+             assertSuccess
+               dbc
+               "odbc_SQLRowCount"
+               (odbc_SQLRowCount stmt sizep)
+             peek sizep)
+      pure $! fromIntegral (max 0 rows)
+
 -- | Fetch all rows from a statement.
 fetchStatementRows :: Ptr EnvAndDbc -> SQLHSTMT s -> IO [[(Column,Value)]]
 fetchStatementRows dbc stmt = do
@@ -1089,7 +1133,7 @@ newtype SQLCHAR = SQLCHAR CChar deriving (Show, Eq, Storable)
 -- https://github.com/Microsoft/ODBC-Specification/blob/753d7e714b7eab9eaab4ad6105fdf4267d6ad6f6/Windows/inc/sqltypes.h#L88
 newtype SQLSMALLINT = SQLSMALLINT Int16 deriving (Show, Eq, Storable, Num, Integral, Enum, Ord, Real)
 
--- https://github.com/Microsoft/ODBC-Specification/blob/753d7e714b7eab9eaab4ad6105fdf4267d6ad6f6/Windows/inc/sqltypes.h#L64
+-- https://github.com/Microsoft/ODBC-Specification/blob/753d7e714b7eab9eaab4ad6105fdf4267d6ad6f6/Windows/inc/sqltypes.h#L641
 newtype SQLLEN = SQLLEN Int64 deriving (Show, Eq, Storable, Num)
 
 -- https://github.com/Microsoft/ODBC-Specification/blob/753d7e714b7eab9eaab4ad6105fdf4267d6ad6f6/Windows/inc/sqltypes.h#L65..L65
@@ -1168,6 +1212,9 @@ foreign import ccall "odbc odbc_SQLMoreResults"
 foreign import ccall "odbc odbc_SQLNumResultCols"
   odbc_SQLNumResultCols :: SQLHSTMT s -> Ptr SQLSMALLINT -> IO RETCODE
 
+foreign import ccall "odbc odbc_SQLRowCount"
+  odbc_SQLRowCount :: SQLHSTMT s -> Ptr SQLLEN -> IO RETCODE
+
 foreign import ccall "odbc odbc_SQLGetData"
  odbc_SQLGetData
   :: Ptr EnvAndDbc
diff --git a/src/Database/ODBC/SQLServer.hs b/src/Database/ODBC/SQLServer.hs
index a76941d..0cb7001 100644
--- a/src/Database/ODBC/SQLServer.hs
+++ b/src/Database/ODBC/SQLServer.hs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ module Database.ODBC.SQLServer
 
     -- * Executing queries
   , exec
+  , execAffectedRows
   , query
   , Value(..)
   , Query
@@ -79,8 +80,6 @@ import           Data.Fixed
 import           Data.Foldable
 import           Data.Int
 import           Data.Maybe
-import           Data.Monoid (Monoid, (<>))
-import           Data.Semigroup (Semigroup)
 import           Data.Sequence (Seq)
 import qualified Data.Sequence as Seq
 import           Data.String
@@ -482,6 +481,17 @@ exec c q = Internal.execWithParams c rendered params
   where
     (rendered, params) = renderedAndParams q
 
+-- | Execute a statement on the database and return number of affected rows.
+execAffectedRows ::
+     MonadIO m
+  => Connection -- ^ A connection to the database.
+  -> Query -- ^ SQL statement.
+  -> m Int
+execAffectedRows c q = Internal.execAffectedRowsWithParams c rendered params
+  where
+    (rendered, params) = renderedAndParams q
+{-# INLINE execAffectedRows #-}
+
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Query building
 
@@ -496,7 +506,7 @@ renderedAndParams q = (renderParts parts', params)
            ValuePart v
              | Just {} <- valueToParam v ->
                case v of
-                 TextValue t -> TextPart "CAST(? AS NVARCHAR(MAX))"
+                 TextValue _ -> TextPart "CAST(? AS NVARCHAR(MAX))"
                  _ -> TextPart "?"
            p -> p)
         parts
diff --git a/src/Database/ODBC/TH.hs b/src/Database/ODBC/TH.hs
index fd4501f..310b9cc 100644
--- a/src/Database/ODBC/TH.hs
+++ b/src/Database/ODBC/TH.hs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ module Database.ODBC.TH
 import           Control.DeepSeq
 import           Data.Char
 import           Data.List (foldl1')
-import           Data.Monoid ((<>))
 import           Language.Haskell.TH (Q, Exp)
 import qualified Language.Haskell.TH as TH
 import           Language.Haskell.TH.Quote (QuasiQuoter(..))
diff --git a/test/Main.hs b/test/Main.hs
index f24dc3f..c13eb59 100644
--- a/test/Main.hs
+++ b/test/Main.hs
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ spec = do
     (do describe "Connectivity" connectivity
         describe "Regression tests" regressions
         describe "Data retrieval" dataRetrieval
+        describe "Data affected" dataAffected
         describe "Big data" bigData)
   describe
     "Database.ODBC.SQLServer"
@@ -192,6 +193,25 @@ connectivity = do
     (do sequence_ [connectWithString >>= Internal.close | _ <- [1 :: Int .. 10]]
         shouldBe True True)
 
+dataAffected :: Spec
+dataAffected = do
+  it
+    "Basic sanity check"
+    (do c <- connectWithString
+        _ <- Internal.execAffectedRows c "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test"
+        arOnCreate <- Internal.execAffectedRows
+          c
+          "CREATE TABLE test (int integer, text text, bool bit, nt ntext, fl float)"
+        _ <- Internal.execAffectedRows
+          c
+          "INSERT INTO test VALUES (123, 'abc', 1, 'wib', 2.415), (456, 'def', 0, 'wibble',0.9999999999999), (NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL)"
+        arOnDelete <- Internal.execAffectedRows c "delete from test"
+        arOnDelete' <- Internal.execAffectedRows c "delete from test"
+        Internal.close c
+        shouldBe
+          [("create", arOnCreate), ("delete", arOnDelete), ("delete'", arOnDelete')]
+          [("create", 0), ("delete", 3), ("delete'", 0)])
+
 dataRetrieval :: Spec
 dataRetrieval = do
   it