Message-ID: <005401c5ab06$54878c10$6b00a8c0@OTTO>
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Havasv=F6lgyi_Ott=F3?= <h.otto@freemail.hu>
To: "Matt A." <survivedsushi@yahoo.com>, <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
References: <20050821195627.8524.qmail@web35209.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: returning inserted id
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:53:32 +0200
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Matt,

This is how you can do it:

create function person_ins(_name text)
returns integer
language plpgsql
as $$

declare
 insert_id integer;
begin
 insert into person (name) values(_name);
 select into insert_id currval('person_id_seq');
 return insert_id;
end;
$$;

Or perhaps even better: you return the whole inserted row (in 8.1 with INOUT 
parameters):

create function person_ins(_name text)
returns person
language plpgsql
as $$

declare
 inserted_row person;
begin
 insert into person (name) values(_name);
 select into inserted_row * from person where id=currval('person_id_seq');
 return inserted_row;
end;
$$;

Hope there is no syntax error.

Best Regards,
Otto


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt A." <survivedsushi@yahoo.com>
To: <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 9:56 PM
Subject: [SQL] returning inserted id


> this may have been asked a thousand times but i
> haven't found a standard answer...
>
>
> MSSQL
> set nocount on
> insert into (column) values (value)
> select identityid = @@identity
> set nocount off
>
>
> POSTGRESQL
> *cricket cricket* :)
>
>
> How is this done? By a trigger function? Or is it
> natively supported? Could I get an example on how to
> do it too?
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
>
>
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