Re: Simple search question

On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 09:42:01 +1000, Alex <gliathit@ihug.com.au> wrote:
]>Hi,
]> after running a script which performs an insert, a new tuple is
]>created, and a serial number is generated for it. I want to write the
]>new tuple data back to the screen, including the new serial number.
]> My question is, do I have to do a search for the tuple just inserted in
]>order to get the data back again? I am thinking there must be a faster,
]>more efficient way.
]>Thanks,
]>Alex

What language is your "script" written in? Based on some previous posts,
I guess you're talking about a PHP script. How did you add the tuple?
I'd guess with a pg_Exec(connect_id,"INSERT ...."). From reading the doc,
I think that you can get the row just inserted by using the pg_fetch_row()
function, passing it the result from the pg_Exec and asking for row 0.
I have not yet gotten anything running with PHP (lack of time to "play"),
so I can't test this. If it doesn't work, I'd try using pg_GetLastOid()
to get the OID of the inserted row. The use the pg_Exec and SELECT
* WHERE OID=oid-value, followed by pg_fetch_row().

Just some thoughts.
John