Re: SQL Help - Obtaining ID of record INSERTED

josh(at)segrestfarms(dot)com wrote:
> Greetings.
>
> INSERT INTO
> orderstemp (customerid,datecreated)
> VALUES
> ('5443','8/16/2005 12:00PM')
>
> The table orderstemp has a unique identifier field, orderid (of type
> SERIAL).
>
> How can I obtain the orderid of the record inserted in the INSERT INTO
> statement in postgresql?
>
> MSSQL does it like this:
>
> INSERT INTO
> orderstemp (customerid,datecreated)
> VALUES
> ('5443','8/16/2005 12:00PM')
> SELECT @@identity as orderid

If you are in the same session you can do:

select currval('sequencename_of_orderid');

>
> but this doens't work in postgresql.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
>
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