Re: selecting the last record from a table - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Doug McNaught
Subject Re: selecting the last record from a table
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Msg-id m38yzpl6nr.fsf@varsoon.wireboard.com
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In response to selecting the last record from a table  (MT <mt@open2web.com>)
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MT <mt@open2web.com> writes:

> I have a script that inserts a record into a table and increments the
> unique field using nextval('my_sequence'). My problem is once I have
> inserted the record, I'd like to select this same record and display
> it so that the user knows he has actually inserted the record. I'm
> wondering if there's a bit of sql to select the last record.

SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE my_unique_field = currval('my_sequence');

-Doug

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