how to count the number of deleted rows processed

Sybase ASE version: 15.7-SP52

Hi all,

I have a delete statement that will potentially delete millions of rows

DELETE from TAB_A where COL_A='Y'

The delete is long, at some point I'd like to know how many rows were deleted.

If I do SELECT COUNT(*) from TAB_A where COL_A='Y', the query should be locked because of the exclusive-lock held by the DELETE in progress.

If this is the case, how can I actually count the number of rows deleted so far?

Thanks all

Simon