Re: Last ID Problem

thanks mitch...

i ahve the following code...

$cust = $_POST['cust'];
$cust = addslashes($cust);
$db = &ADONewConnection('postgres');
$db -> Connect($db_string,$db_owner,$db_pw,$db_name);
$sql = "INSERT INTO customer (customer_name) VALUES
('$cust')";
$result = $db->Execute($sql);
$insert_id = $db->getone("select currval('cust_id')");

if ($result === false)
{
print $db->ErrorMsg();
exit();
}
else
{
$dbreturn = 'Passed';
print $dbreturn;
print $insert_id;
exit();
}

it prints $dbreturn as "Passed", but it does not print
any value for insert_id. i'm trying to see this value
and verify it is working correctly before trying
anything more complex.

--- Mitch Pirtle <mitch(dot)pirtle(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> This is the easiest way to do it:
>
>
>
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/31/1441200&from=rss
>
> This is using plain old SQL the PostgreSQL way ;-)
>
> Basically you:
>
> 1) get the next number from the sequence
> 2) do the update
> 3) use that number for related table insterts
>
> For an ADOdb example, this thread:
>
>
> http://www.phparch.com/discuss/index.php/t/372/0/
>
> Says to use this syntax:
>
> $insert_id = $db->getone("select
> currval('sequence_name')");
>
> -- Mitch
>
> ---------------------------(end of
> broadcast)---------------------------
> TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose
> an index scan if your
> joining column's datatypes do not match
>

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