According to the DBD::Pg docs,
$sth->pg_oid_status
Returns the OID of the last INSERT command.
See: http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/DBD-Pg/dbd-pg.html
Thanks,
Tim Tompkins
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----- Original Message -----
From: "cbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 1:28 PM
Subject: Retrieve OID from newly added record
> Hello everyone, does anyone know how to retrieve the Object Identifier
> (OID) from a record that was just inserted into a postgres database from
> within perl?
>
> These are the commands I'm using to insert the record:
>
> $sth = $dbh->prepare("Insert into inventory Values ($id)");
> $rc = $sth->execute;
>
> $rc will tell me whether or not the insert was successful or not, but
> that's it.
>
> If I insert records from the psql utility, the OID is returned on the
> screen after the insert, so I know it's there. I just need to know how
> to get it from within modperl. I want to get this number so I can
> insert a bunch of records in another file using the OID as the key.
>
> Thanks in advance!!!!!
>
>
