Re: lastval() - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: lastval()
Date
Msg-id 15163.1115601369@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: lastval()  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
Responses Re: lastval()  (Dennis Bjorklund <db@zigo.dhs.org>)
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Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Why is that a good idea?  In a complex application it'd be awfully easy
>> to break logic that depends on such a thing.

> True, but I think it offers a usefully concise syntax for simpler
> applications. Perhaps the documentation should be amended to mention the
> potential risks?

Like, say, the sequence being deleted before the lastval call?

If I thought it was a good idea at all, I'd bother to criticize the
patch itself --- it's got some problems.

            regards, tom lane

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