Re: lastval(seq) ?

From: Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>
To: Jeff <threshar(at)torgo(dot)978(dot)org>, CSN <cool_screen_name90001(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: lastval(seq) ?
Date: 2003-10-21 13:06:50
Message-ID: 200310211406.50334.dev@archonet.com
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On Tuesday 21 October 2003 13:10, Jeff wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 21:52:17 -0700 (PDT)
>
> CSN <cool_screen_name90001(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
> > How do you get the last value of a sequence without
> > having called nextval? phppgadmin displays last value
> > for sequences (I haven't found out how yet rooting
> > through the code).
> >
> > CSN
>
> select curval('my_sequence')

Only works if you've called nextval() first.

I'm guessing phppgadmin uses SELECT * FROM my_seq_name

What were you planning to use this value for?

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

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