Re: [GENERAL] get the previous assigned sequence value

>Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 16:35:35 +0200
>From: "Nikolay Mijaylov" <nmmm(at)nmmm(dot)nu>
>Re: [GENERAL] get the previous assigned sequence value
>Why you discuss it????
>The problem is quite clean and it was solvev many years ago.....
>1. Get the *next* sequence value:
>select nextval("gogo_seq");
>2. Store it into a variable (for example $X)
>3. Insert proper data (and and sequence value)
>insert into gogo values( $X, 'NMMM', 'mailto:nmmm(at)nmmm(dot)nu');
>4. Use value $X, as u want
>insert into gogo_detail values( $X, 'bla bla0');
>insert into gogo_detail values( $X, 'bla bla1');
>insert into gogo_detail values( $X, 'bla bla2');
>Am I clear?
>nmmm

No comments...
Just imagine that the transaction aborts after you did select
nexval().

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