Check out http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/functions-sequence.html
You'll want to use something like "SELECT currval('<name of sequence>')". The
thing
is, your orderid field in orderstemp has a sequence which it uses to grab the
next value. The currval function called with the name of the sequence as the
parameter will give you results as you are accustomed to. However, it is a
separate query and must be treated as such. Note that you need to call it
using the same database connection. And sequences are special - they always
update and do not roll back with failed transactions.
If you used default serial notation in your create table statement, your table
is
likely named "orderid_id_seq":
SELECT currval('orderid_id_seq'::text);
Jason
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Greetings.
INSERT INTO
orderstemp (customerid,datecreated)
VALUES
('5443','8/16/2005 12:00PM')
The table orderstemp has a unique identifier field, orderid (of type
SERIAL).
How can I obtain the orderid of the record inserted in the INSERT INTO
statement in postgresql?
MSSQL does it like this:
INSERT INTO
orderstemp (customerid,datecreated)
VALUES
('5443','8/16/2005 12:00PM')
SELECT @@identity as orderid
but this doens't work in postgresql.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
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