From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com> |
Cc: | Dennis Bjorklund <db(at)zigo(dot)dhs(dot)org>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: lastval() |
Date: | 2005-05-11 01:50:24 |
Message-ID: | 200505110150.j4B1oOM15896@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Neil Conway wrote:
> Dennis Bjorklund wrote:
> > Here is a small patch that implements a function lastval() that
> > works just like currval() except that it give the current
> > value of the last sequence used by nextval().
>
> What do people think of this idea? (Tom seems opposed, I'm just
> wondering if there are other opinions out there.)
I like the idea of lastval, though I would rather see us just use
currval() with no argument for it, rather than invent a new function
name. It does the same as currval('last sequence called') right?
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