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 15:15:10 -0400
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On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 08:21:12PM +0200, mail TechEvolution wrote:
> hi Alvaro Herrera
>
> >>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
>
> thx for the information
>
> and is there a function i can use to get the last added autonumber without
> knowing wich table or row? (exactly as select @@ IDENTITY does?) i have
> read in the messages that there must be such a function for version 8.0,
> but i could not find it in the documentation, any idea on it?
There is no such function in 8.0. There will be in 8.1, however.
--
Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]alvh.no-ip.org>)
"El hombre nunca sabe de lo que es capaz hasta que lo intenta" (C. Dickens)
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