From: "Beth Gatewood" <beth@vizxlabs.com>
To: <josh@agliodbs.com>, <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: writing a function to mimic mysql last_insert_id
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:43:42 -0700
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Josh and Ross-

Thanks...I am well aware of currval and sequence use, and for me too this
would be the easiest solution ;-)

However, we are in the midst of porting a mysql database to pgsql.  The perl
application that is tied to this mysql database heavily utilizes
last_insert_id.  In an effort to save the perl developers the pain of having
to go in and modify a bunch of their SQL to call out to seq.currval, I
thought I would attempt to mimic this function.

Perhaps there is another way to approach this than writing this type of
function?

Thanks!
Beth

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josh Berkus [mailto:josh@agliodbs.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 10:31 AM
> To: Beth Gatewood; pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [SQL] writing a function to mimic mysql last_insert_id
>
>
>
> Beth,
>
> > I am wondering if I can get some input on the logic that I
> would need to
> > code a function that would mimic mysql's last_insert_id()..
>
> Um, what about CURRVAL('sequence-name')?
>
> --
> -Josh Berkus
>  Aglio Database Solutions
>  San Francisco
>