Re: [GENERAL] returning oid of last insert?

From: Matt McClure <matthew(dot)mcclure(at)yale(dot)edu>
To: Peter T Mount <peter(at)retep(dot)org(dot)uk>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] returning oid of last insert?
Date: 1998-07-21 16:27:56
Message-ID: Pine.GSO.3.94.980721122541.10191F-100000@mercury.cis.yale.edu
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Thanks for the help. I checked libpq, and just to follow up, it is quite
easy to get the oid of the last insert using the routine oidStatus.

On Sun, 19 Jul 1998, Peter T Mount wrote:

> On Sat, 18 Jul 1998, Matt McClure wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to return the oid of the last insert command?
>
> The protocol does return the oid, as a string. You can see this when using
> psql. I'm not sure what libpq function returns this value though.
>
> In JDBC, there isn't an official way, but the 6.4 driver does have a
> method to retrieve the oid (It's used internally with the new object
> serialization code). Earler versions store the string, but don't use it,
> and have no method to retrieve it.
>
>
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