Re: get sequence value of insert command

From: Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>
To: Achilleus Mantzios <achill(at)matrix(dot)gatewaynet(dot)com>
Cc: Erik Thiele <erik(at)thiele-hydraulik(dot)de>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: get sequence value of insert command
Date: 2004-11-19 09:26:52
Message-ID: 419DBC5C.807@archonet.com
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Achilleus Mantzios wrote:
>>
>>now how do i know the id of my newly inserted element? and
>>how can this be done in a completely concurrency safe way?
>
>
> The way to do this is by reading the docs :)
>
> use currval, it is session safe.

The increase in this question suggests the number of new users has
increased since 8.0 went into beta-test. It's pretty much the first
question anyone asks.

I seem to recall it was mine. I made the mistake of assuming it wasn't
concurrency safe and was gently corrected by one of the community. I
think it might have been a Tim/Tam Lane. Wonder what happened to him? :-)

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

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