Re: get sequence value of insert command

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erik Thiele [mailto:erik(at)thiele-hydraulik(dot)de]
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 3:42 AM
> To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: [SQL] get sequence value of insert command
>
>
> hi
>
> create sequence mysequence;
>
> create table foo(
> id integer default nextval('mysequence'),
> bla text,
> wombat integer,
> foobar date,
> primary key(id)
> );
>
> insert into foo (wombat) values (88);
>
> now how do i know the id of my newly inserted element? and
> how can this be done in a completely concurrency safe way?

CREATE RULE get_pkey_on_insert AS ON INSERT TO foo DO SELECT
currval('mysequence') AS id LIMIT 1;

>
>
> cya
> erik
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