Re: lastval() - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Abhijit Menon-Sen
Subject Re: lastval()
Date
Msg-id 20050511033545.GA23670@penne.toroid.org
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In response to Re: lastval()  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: lastval()  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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At 2005-05-10 23:30:05 -0400, pgman@candle.pha.pa.us wrote:
>
> > By the way, what would lastval() do if an insert trigger inserts
> > a row into a table with another serial column?
>
> It fails, just like it would fail now if the trigger inserted into
> the same table that used the trigger, or a rule.

I don't understand what you mean. "Just like it would fail now"? It
doesn't exist yet, how can it fail? And how would it know when to
fail anyway, rather than return a wrong value?

-- ams

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