Re: INSERT Return Value?

On 12/11/06, Greg Lindstrom <greg(dot)lindstrom(at)novasyshealth(dot)com> wrote:
> Hello-
>
> I am running Postgres 8.08 on a Linux system. When I insert data into a
> table I generate and store a value in the table via a trigger that fires
> after the insert. Is there a way to retrieve the value that I generate
> with the trigger? In this case, I am generating a broker number and
> would like to get it back. One method would be to grab the sequence
> number of the record and then make another query, but I feel there is a
> more elegant way to get the field.
>

you can migrate to 8.2 and use the new INSERT | UPDATE | DELETE
returning feature

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/sql-insert.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/sql-update.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/sql-delete.html

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Jaime Casanova

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