"woger151" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Reading around, I've seen the following methods discussed:
> (1) Within a transation, do the INSERT, and then do a SELECT CURVAL
> (2) Not necessarily within a transaction, get a candidate for the pk using
> SELECT NEXTVAL, then INSERT the row.
> (3) Use LA
Le mardi 30 janvier 2007 12:19, woger151 a écrit :
> (3) Use LASTVAL
for this one : look at
http://people.planetpostgresql.org/xzilla/index.php?/archives/169-Is-lastval-evil.html
>
> My questions:
> * Are any of these methods flawed?
> * Is there any reason to prefer (1) to (2)?
> * I'm not sure w
I want to retrieve the primary key, which is a SERIAL, of a row I just
inserted.
In 8.2, I could use RETURNING, but I'm using 8.1.
Reading around, I've seen the following methods discussed:
(1) Within a transation, do the INSERT, and then do a SELECT CURVAL
(2) Not necessarily within a transact
