Josh and Ross- Thanks...I am well aware of currval and sequence use, and for me too this would be the easiest solution ;-)
However, we are in the midst of porting a mysql database to pgsql. The perl application that is tied to this mysql database heavily utilizes last_insert_id. In an effort to save the perl developers the pain of having to go in and modify a bunch of their SQL to call out to seq.currval, I thought I would attempt to mimic this function. Perhaps there is another way to approach this than writing this type of function? Thanks! Beth > -----Original Message----- > From: Josh Berkus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 10:31 AM > To: Beth Gatewood; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SQL] writing a function to mimic mysql last_insert_id > > > > Beth, > > > I am wondering if I can get some input on the logic that I > would need to > > code a function that would mimic mysql's last_insert_id().. > > Um, what about CURRVAL('sequence-name')? > > -- > -Josh Berkus > Aglio Database Solutions > San Francisco > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
