Re: Value of sequence last inserted - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Joe Conway
Subject Re: Value of sequence last inserted
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Msg-id 3E6CC161.1010403@joeconway.com
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In response to Value of sequence last inserted  (bryan@flyingiranch.com)
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bryan@flyingiranch.com wrote:
> I have a sequence that I am using on a field that I am using for the ID
> of an item in a table. After an insert to that table, I need to insert
> into two other tables using the same ID - does the initial insert
> somehow return the value of the sequence that was used? I know it may
> not be reliable to do, say "SELECT MAX ID FROM"..., so how can I assure
> that I have the right ID for my other inserts? Should I just do the set
> of inserts as a transaction?
>

See:
http://www.us.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.3/postgres/functions-sequence.html

specifically look at currval().

HTH,

Joe




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