Re: Help with INSERT into 2 tables

On 13 Nov 2001, Gintas wrote:

> I am new to SQL and don't know how to INSERT records to 2 tables.
>
> The first table:
>
> CREATE TABLE aaaa ( aaaaid SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
> text VARCHAR(20)
> );
>
> Second table:
>
> CREATE TABLE bbbb ( bbbbid SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
> aaaaid INTEGER REFERENCES aaaa (aaaaid) ON
> DELETE CASCADE,
> sometext VARCHAR(200)
> );
>
> I want to insert related records to both table. The problem is that
> in order to insert record to the second table it's necessary to know
> "aaaaid" field from the first table("text" is not UNIQUE):
>
> INSERT INTO aaaa (text) VALUES ('Some info');
> INSERT INTO bbbb (aaaaid, sometext) VALUES (?????, 'Some text');
I think you want:
currval('aaaa_aaaaid_seq')