Re: GetLastInsertID ?

You should use curval after inserting

and this can be done in one step

insert into foo (c1,c2,...) values ( v1, v2...); select curval( sequence
);

Dave
On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 10:10, Stephane Pinel wrote:
> Happy new year to all pgsql fans !
>
> Sorry for this trivial question but I couldn't find an answer in the
> archives :
>
> I use SERIAL type in tables for id columns in order to auto increment
> them. Is there a way to get
> the last inserted id in the table like we do with MySQL using the
> GetLastInsertID ?
>
> My need is to get back the new id just after inserting. Is nextval can
> respond to this need if I call it
> just before inserting ?
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Stéphane
>
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