| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Suchandra Thapa <s-thapa-11(at)alumni(dot)uchicago(dot)edu> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: serial type vs. sequences |
| Date: | 2003-11-12 21:58:20 |
| Message-ID: | 3FB2ACFC.9080109@commandprompt.com |
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You are accurate.
Suchandra Thapa wrote:
>I was wondering if there was a reliable method to get the last id
>inserted into a serial column in a table. I believe previous
>recommendations given were to use a sequence, have your app get the
>nextval for the sequence and then use that in the insert. I was
>wondering if things had changed or if that is still the recommended
>method.
>
>
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