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From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: Charles Hauser <chauser@duke.edu>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: problem fetching currval of sequence
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 14:26:58 -0700
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Charles,

> I know this script worked in the past, but I have not used it 
> recently.  We are running PostgreSQL 7.1.3.  It would be great if 
> this would work as I have several scripts which operate in a similar 
> manner for different TABLES, but if it won't work I'll work around it.
> 
> Suggestions for the best way to get the value for the gb_id after an INSERT?

I usually SELECT NEXTVAL(), and then pass that ID number to the INSERT 
statement.   It's very reliable.

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-Josh Berkus

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