> > Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> >
> > > Bruce Momjian writes:
> > >
> > > > * Add function to return primary key value on INSERT
> > >
> > > I don't get the point of this. Don't you know what you
> inserted? For
> > > sequences there's curval()
> >
> > Mmmhhh... it means that we can assume no update to the
> sequence value
> > between the insert and the curval selection?
>
> No curval() is per-backend value that is not affected by other users.
> My book has a mention of that issue, and so does the FAQ.
Not all default values need to be a sequence, thus imho
this function is a useful extension. ODBC has it too.
Andreas
