Re: MySQL LAST_INSERT_ID() to Postgres

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:46:19 -0600
"Scott Marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Joshua Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
> wrote:
> > On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:06:14 -0600
> > "Scott Marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >> No, setval, currval, and lastval all require as an argument a
> >> sequence name. So the real issue is you have to know the sequence
> >> name to use them.
> >
> > lastval() does not take a sequence name.
>
> Sorry, haven't used lastval before, was making an incorrect
> assumption about it.
>

FYI, I wouldn't use it either.

Joshua D. Drake

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