Re: [SQL] Getting primary key from insert statement

Thus spake Pham, Thinh
> Hi, is there a way you can get back the primary key (serialized) from an
> insert you just do on a table. For example i have a table called "order" and
> i want to get the pid of that record so i can use it in the "orderdetail"
> table. It would be nice if that same insert statement could also return the
> pid.
>
> Table structure:
> create table order (pid serial, orddate date);

You realize that order is a keyword, right?

> Insert statement:
> insert into order (date) values ('6/2/1999')

Assuming you change order to something else, the insert returns the OID
of the record just added. In psql this appears as something like this.

INSERT 36448 1

So, just read back the record.

SELECT pid FROM table WHERE OID = 36448;

The various interfaces give you methods to get this value back. Read the
docs for whichever interface you are using.

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