Re: prepare, execute & oids

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: phazon <phazon(dot)ml(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: prepare, execute & oids
Date: 2006-08-02 07:38:50
Message-ID: 20060802073850.GB29699@svana.org
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On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 09:25:43AM +0200, phazon wrote:
> When I make juste a simple insert like
>
> Insert Into my_table (my_field) values ('value')
>
> I get back the OID of the inserted line.

You really don't want to use OID, you want a sequence. (Hint: OIDs are
not really unique, not a primary key).

> I can't use the curval of a sequence because it can be the value of another
> insert made by another user.

currval() is the last value in *your current session*. It won't be
affected by other users.

Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
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