Re: My first PL/pgSQL function

2009/11/17 Thomas Løcke <thomas(dot)granvej6(at)gmail(dot)com>:
> Hey all,
>
> First I'd like to thank Jasen Betts and Michael Wood for the advice they
> gave me regarding my user management table design.
>
> Next I'd like some feedback on my first PL/pgSQL function:
> http://pastebin.com/f8357ec0
>
> It appears to be doing exactly what I want, and it's fast at doing it.
> Compared to my old "SQL in PHP" solution, this is ~25% faster. And it looks
> a lot more smooth in the code also.
>
> So in my book, this is all win.
>
> But are there any glaring issues with this function? Have I missed something
> obvious, or made some classic beginner mistakes?

You need to use nextval() ratehr than curval(), otherwise the sequence
will not get incremented.

> Any and all advice are more than welcome, and much appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Thomas
>

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