On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 23:20:12 +1100, Phillip Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you actually need to know the value of N_GEN in your ASP application, > you will need to query the database first and select the NEXTVAL from > the sequence that the "serial" data type will create, then use that > returned value in your insert - ie, DON'T exclude it from the insert, > otherwise it will default to NEXTVAL again and return a different value.
In 8.2, you can also use the RETURNING clause to get those values. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly