RE: [HACKERS] Get OID of just inserted record

Well, with autocommit on, the statement would fail, and I would expect the
insert to then roll back, if the select part failed. No problem, really.

MikeA

-----Original Message-----
From: D'Arcy" "J.M." Cain
To: aaron(at)gtv(dot)ca
Cc: peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net; e99re41(at)DoCS(dot)UU(dot)SE; pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Sent: 11/3/99 5:04 AM
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Get OID of just inserted record

Thus spake Aaron J. Seigo
> > => insert into foo values (4, 'aaa');
> > INSERT 7998067 1
>
> this assumes that one is using libpq.. it would be nice to have access
to this
> from psql or anywhere for that matter.. and not just oids.. but, say
for
> instance, default values in tables that are generated dynamically...
etc

Just to see if I understand you, is this what you want to be able to do?

UPDATE t1 SET other_oid =
(INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (1, 'aaa') RETURN OID)
WHERE someting = 'something';

or

SELECT (INSERT INTO t2 (f1, f2) VALUES (1, 'aaa') RETURN f3);

In other words, sub-inserts. It is kind of a neat idea. I don't know
that it is worth spending much time on but it would be a neat feature
that no one else has.

Just wondering, how would you handle insert only tables? That is, you
have insert privleges but not select. Would you still return the field
or fields requested surprising the database designer, accept the insert
but return an error or refuse the insert entirely since the task could
not be completed?

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