On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 15:47:06 -0600, Cristian Prieto
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > why don't you use a serial? that way you don't have to insert it? i
> > usually let postgresql take care of it, and you can use currval to
> > return a value.
>
> That's the trouble, I need a sp that returns the use
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 15:12:56 -0600,
Cristian Prieto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> And it is working fine, but when I get a Unique_Violation (cuz there is a
> iduser already) the sequence still advance to the next value. There is any
> way to rollback or avoid holes in the sequence? I've r
The manual is correct. There is no way to roll back a nextval.
There are a variety of workarounds suggested in the archives. Take a
look. One example is precalculating a large sequence and storing it in
a table.
-tfo
--
Thomas F. O'Connell
Co-Founder, Information Architect
Sitening, LLC
htt
Hello, thanks a lot for your help and sorry for my
newbie questions...
I have the following SP:
It is indexed by iduser (a primary
key)
CREATE FUNCTION store_users(name varchar, lastname
varchar) RETURNS integer AS
$body$
DECLARE
userid INTEGER :=
nextval('this_is_a_sequence');
BEGIN
