Re: What does "INSERT 0 1" mean?

From: Raymond O'Donnell <rod(at)iol(dot)ie>
To: "[(dot)::MDT::(dot)]" <mdt86(at)yahoo(dot)it>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: What does "INSERT 0 1" mean?
Date: 2009-10-14 15:38:11
Message-ID: 4AD5F063.8050708@iol.ie
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On 14/10/2009 16:05, [.::MDT::.] wrote:
> Hi,
> I can't find what does
> INSERT 0 1
> mean.
>
> "1" stands for the number of the records added to the table, as far as I
> understood, but what about the "0"?

It stands for the OID of the row that was inserted, if the table was
created to use them (CREATE TABLE .... WITH (OIDS=TRUE)); newer versions
of PostgreSQL by default have tables created without OIDs on the rows,
so you just get a 0 returned instead.

Ray.

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