| From: | "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com> |
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| To: | MT <mt(at)open2web(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: sequenc_name.currval not defined |
| Date: | 2002-11-21 23:07:20 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.33.0211211606350.24006-100000@css120.ihs.com |
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On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, MT wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I keep on getting the following error when I attempt to insert a new record:
>
> SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE tableid = currval('tableid_seq');
>
> PostgreSQL said: ERROR: tableid_seq.currval is not yet defined in this
> session.
>
> What's weird about this problem is that I have a script that
> successfully performs this action.
currval only works during a session when nextval or setval have been run.
It's how it's supposed to work. It's part of the magic of making
sequences transaction safe.
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