Re: Update more than one table - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Roman Neuhauser
Subject Re: Update more than one table
Date
Msg-id 20050712194608.GA9090@isis.sigpipe.cz
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In response to Re: Update more than one table  (Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to>)
List pgsql-general
# bruno@wolff.to / 2005-07-12 12:11:45 -0500:
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 17:35:35 +0200,
>   Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@sigpipe.cz> wrote:
> > # bruno@wolff.to / 2005-07-12 10:08:37 -0500:
> > > On Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 15:05:30 -0300,
> > >   David Pratt <fairwinds@eastlink.ca> wrote:
> > > > I was thinking the only way to solve was a function that
> > > > performed an update and returned the nextval at the same time so
> > > > that I could use that value to perform the update on next
> > > > table,etc.
> > >
> > > Normally you can just use currval. But in your case you insert insert two
> > > records and currval will only return the value of the second record's key.
> > > Assuming the first record's key is one less than the second's is not a good
> > > idea. With the current version you can probably make this work reliably
> > > by grabbing a block of ids for your session and making sure that the two
> > > records get their keys from the same preallocated block.
> >
> >     Notice the pseudo code I posted:
> >
> >     INSERT INTO first_table ...;  <- insert one row
> >     SELECT currval(first_table);  <- first currval()
> >     INSERT INTO first_table ...;  <- insert another row
> >     SELECT currval(first_table);  <- second currval()
> >     INSERT INTO second_table ...; <- this ellipsis hides the two
> >                                      currval() return values
> >
> >     See? I didn't assume anything.
>
> I didn't claim that your approach was wrong. The issue is trying to reduce
> the number of round trips by eliminating the two selects.

    Sorry, I reread David's email (the part in question quoted above),
    and see what you were talking about.

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