Obtaining value of last serial column after insert - Mailing list pgsql-general

Hi all,

I have read about this topic in the FAQ but am hoping I can
get a bit more help obtaining the last inserted serial
column.  My program can use Mysql and Pgsql interchangeably
and I am looking for something which does what
the mysql_insert_id() function does. .

The problem with using curval() and nextval() in pgsql is
that it requires one to know the name of the sequence field
in the database.  Is there a way to use the oid to select
the primary key from a table without knowing the name of
the column?

Thanks in advance,
Shane


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