Re: Index optimization ?

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>
To: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bo Lorentsen <bl(at)netgroup(dot)dk>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Index optimization ?
Date: 2005-01-15 21:34:11
Message-ID: 20050115213411.GB26259@dcc.uchile.cl
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On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 03:11:22PM -0600, Jim C. Nasby wrote:

> Would it make sense to have a version of currval that will only return
> one value in a statement/transaction? So the first time it's called it
> remembers what currval for that sequence is and always returns the same
> value?

What would nextval() do in that case? Return the nextval on the first
call, and act like currval() from then until the end of the transaction?

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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[(at)]dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>)
"Porque francamente, si para saber manejarse a uno mismo hubiera que
rendir examen... Quin es el machito que tendra carnet?" (Mafalda)

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