Re: Re: postgres TODO

Restated in TODO:

* Allow [INSERT/UPDATE] ... RETURNING new.col or old.col (Philip)

> At 09:14 8/07/00 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >> hi,
> >>
> >> threre are a postgresql/mysql comparative.
> >> You can get something for the TODO:
> >>
> >> http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/tim20000705.php3?page=1
> >>
> >> regards,
> >>
> >
> >Thanks. Yes, I have added to the TODO list:
> >
> > * Add function to return primary key value on INSERT
>
> I had a look at the page and could not see the reference, so this
> suggestion may be inappropriate, but...
>
> How about something more general - an incredibly useful feature of Dec/Rdb is:
>
> insert into t1(...) values(...) returning attr-list
>
> which is like performing a select directly after the insert. The same kind
> of syntax applies to updates as well, eg.
>
> update t1 set f1 = 2 where <stuff> returning f1, f2, f3;
>
> Perhaps your original suggestion is a lot easier, but this is a convenient
> feature...
>
>
>
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