Be warned that the OID field for a PostgreSQL record may not always be a unique value.
Visit the PostgreSQL Hackers list for more information.
Consider creating your own unique value using a combination of time/IP/random number,
or using a sequence. Although the condition rarely arises, it has bitten a few people.
Don't make the same mistake I did.
Have Fun!
Tim Tompkins wrote:
>
> 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
> ----------------------------------------------
> Programmer / Staff Engineer
> http://www.arttoday.com/
> ----------------------------------------------
> ----- 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!!!!!
> >
> >
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