Re: [Q] Sequences, last_value and inserts

Marie G. Tuite <marie.tuite@edisonaffiliates.com>

From: "Marie G. Tuite" <marie.tuite@edisonaffiliates.com>
To: "Doug McNaught" <doug@mcnaught.org>, "Roderick A. Anderson" <raanders@acm.org>
Cc: "Bruno Wolff III" <bruno@wolff.to>, <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date: 2002-11-01T20:32:56Z
Lists: pgsql-general
select last_value from domain_info_tbl_key_seq; 

This returns the same value as currval.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Doug McNaught
> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 2:23 PM
> To: Roderick A. Anderson
> Cc: Bruno Wolff III; pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] [Q] Sequences, last_value and inserts
> 
> 
> "Roderick A. Anderson" <raanders@acm.org> writes:
> 
> > On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> > 
> > > You want to use currval. This can be used within a single 
> session safely.
> > 
> > I must be thick today.
> > 
> > select currval from domain_info_tbl_key_seq;
> > ERROR:  Attribute 'currval' not found
> 
> Try:
> 
> select currval('domain_info_tbl_key_seq');
> 
> If you read the docs, you would know this.  ;)
> 
> -Doug
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