Re: MySQL LAST_INSERT_ID() to Postgres

From: Christophe <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: MySQL LAST_INSERT_ID() to Postgres
Date: 2008-08-28 22:29:25
Message-ID: 3AC6F20E-8EEA-425B-BD77-66B350FD2C93@thebuild.com
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On Aug 28, 2008, at 3:23 PM, D. Dante Lorenso wrote:
> I use RETURNING for all my insert and UPDATE statements now.
> Usually I'll return the primary key for the table, but sometimes I
> return a column that is created by one of my triggers. It's
> awesome to be able to do this in one query.
>

Word. My current pet architecture is to set up Postgres like an
application server (the web front end just call PL/pgSQL stuff rather
than doing direct SQL), and this makes my life much easier for that.

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