Re: mysql's last_insert_id

Bo Lorentsen wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 04:11, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
>
> > OIDs have never beebn unique, it's just that most databases never get big
> > enough to experience wraparound. They are also now optional per table and
> > may soon no longer be available by default.
> It would be a god idea to remove the oid reference from the FAQ
> 4.15.2, to make sure no one in the futhere makes my mistake again :-)

I have added the last clause to the FAQ:

Finally, you could use the <A href="#4.16"><SMALL>OID</SMALL></A>
returned from the <SMALL>INSERT</SMALL> statement to look up the
default value, though this is probably the least portable approach,
and the oid value will wrap around when it reaches 4 billion.

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