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From: Larry Meadors <larry.meadors@gmail.com>
To: Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>
Cc: PFC <lists@boutiquenumerique.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: getting back autonumber just inserted
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 20:09:45 -0600
Message-ID: <a10a823c0507071909514c815b@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050708014950.GA3339@winnie.fuhr.org>
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	<20050708014950.GA3339@winnie.fuhr.org>

Sounds like M$ SuckQL's @@identity value. ;-)

Larry

On 7/7/05, Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 01:56:26AM +0200, PFC wrote:
> > >Do you mean with lastval()?  Here's what happens:
> >
> > Hm, interesting, you mean the return value of lastval() also depends
> > if  you set your constraints  to deferred or immediate ?
> 
> My mind's ablank trying to contrive a situation where that would
> matter.  Can you provide an example?
> 
> In any case, I simply meant to point out that 8.1's lastval() will
> be seductively convenient because you don't have to pass it a
> sequence name, but the value it returns might not be the value you
> want.
> 
> --
> Michael Fuhr
> http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/
>

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