From: Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>
To: Achilleus Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
Cc: Erik Thiele <erik@thiele-hydraulik.de>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: get sequence value of insert command
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 09:26:52 +0000
Message-ID: <419DBC5C.807@archonet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0411191136220.13400-100000@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
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Achilleus Mantzios wrote:
>>
>>now how do i know the id of my newly inserted element? and
>>how can this be done in a completely concurrency safe way?
>
>
> The way to do this is by reading the docs :)
>
> use currval, it is session safe.
The increase in this question suggests the number of new users has
increased since 8.0 went into beta-test. It's pretty much the first
question anyone asks.
I seem to recall it was mine. I made the mistake of assuming it wasn't
concurrency safe and was gently corrected by one of the community. I
think it might have been a Tim/Tam Lane. Wonder what happened to him? :-)
--
Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
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