> Hi,
>
> I'm using serial fields to generate IDs for almost all object in my
> database. I insert an empty row, get the CURRVAL() of the sequence
> and then update to that value.
>
> I had understood (and now, I can't find the reference to back this up)
> that serial is implemented in such a way that race conditions between
> DB connections can't happen.
>
> Is this true?
Safe. See FAQ item. currval is for your backend only.
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