From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
To: mail TechEvolution <mail@techevolution.be>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: getting back autonumber just inserted
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 14:03:29 -0400
Message-ID: <20050707180329.GA11332@alvh.no-ip.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42CD6B58.6060508@techevolution.be>
References: <42CD6B58.6060508@techevolution.be>
On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 07:50:16PM +0200, mail TechEvolution wrote:
> hello
>
> i ame a newbie to PostGreSQL, I ame using PostGreSQL 8.0
> (windowsinstaller) on a xp prof platform
>
> i would like to get back the autonumber from the last record inserted,
> for other SQL db (m$ sql db ...) i could use:
> SELECT @@ IDENTITY
>
> can someone help me by informing me what the SQL syntax is to be used
> with PostGreSQL db and get the same result, the last autonumber inserted?
You use the currval() function, using the name of the involved sequence
as parameter. There is a pg_get_serial_sequence() function, to which
you give the table name and column name, and it will give you the
sequence name.
--
Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]alvh.no-ip.org>)
Oh, oh, las chicas galacianas, lo harán por las perlas,
¡Y las de Arrakis por el agua! Pero si buscas damas
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