On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 12:26:30AM +0200, PFC wrote: > > >That's a different issue than whether currval() is subject to > >interference from other transactions. And just wait until PostgreSQL > >8.1 comes out and people start using lastval() -- then it could get > >*really* confusing which sequence value you're getting. > > What happens if an INSERT trigger inserts something into another > table which also has a sequence ?
Do you mean with lastval()? Here's what happens: CREATE FUNCTION trigfunc() RETURNS trigger AS $$ BEGIN INSERT INTO bar (x) VALUES (NEW.x); RETURN NEW; END; $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql VOLATILE; CREATE TABLE foo (id serial PRIMARY KEY, x integer); CREATE TABLE bar (id serial PRIMARY KEY, x integer); CREATE TRIGGER footrig BEFORE INSERT ON foo FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE trigfunc(); ALTER SEQUENCE bar_id_seq RESTART WITH 50; INSERT INTO foo (x) VALUES (12345); SELECT lastval(); lastval --------- 50 (1 row) SELECT * FROM foo; id | x ----+------- 1 | 12345 (1 row) SELECT * FROM bar; id | x ----+------- 50 | 12345 (1 row) -- Michael Fuhr http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings