From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | "Ross J(dot) Reedstrom" <reedstrm(at)wallace(dot)ece(dot)rice(dot)edu> |
Cc: | pgsql-interfaces(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [INTERFACES] locking on database updates |
Date: | 1999-12-08 06:53:30 |
Message-ID: | 25814.944636010@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Ross J. Reedstrom" <reedstrm(at)wallace(dot)ece(dot)rice(dot)edu> writes:
> Tom -
> I'm surprised: that one's been beat to death in earlier incarnations
> of this FAQ. The currval() function is part of backend state: it
> always returns the last value sent to _this connection_.
Yeah, sure, I knew that ... in one brain cell or another, but evidently
not the ones on call today ;-)
A fairly weak rejoinder: if you've got triggers or rules doing things
to your tables behind-your-back, you might still not be able to assume
that the sequence's nextval() will be called only once during any one
SQL query that you issue. So I still say the nextval-first approach
is sounder than currval-afterwards. But I must agree it wouldn't
become an issue unless you had some pretty convoluted database
programming going on.
regards, tom lane
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