Re: lastval() - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: lastval()
Date
Msg-id 13945.1115591809@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to lastval()  (Dennis Bjorklund <db@zigo.dhs.org>)
Responses Re: lastval()  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
Re: lastval()  (Dennis Bjorklund <db@zigo.dhs.org>)
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Dennis Bjorklund <db@zigo.dhs.org> writes:
> Here is a small patch that implements a function lastval() that
> works just like currval() except that it give the current
> value of the last sequence used by nextval().

Why is that a good idea?  In a complex application it'd be awfully easy
to break logic that depends on such a thing.

            regards, tom lane

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