Charles Hauser <chauser@duke.edu> writes:
> Quite right, I did mean to do an INSERT. Changing the script to do
> so though I still get the error:
> ERROR: gb_gb_id_seq.currval is not yet defined in this session.
> foreach $id(sort keys %ACCN) {
> $conn->exec(
> "INSERT INTO gb (clone_id,accn,gi)
> VALUES ( '$ACCN{$id}{clone_id}','$ACCN{$id}{gb}','$ACCN{$id}{gi}')";
> );
> $result = $conn->exec("SELECT currval('gb_gb_id_seq');");
> die $conn->errorMessage unless PGRES_TUPLES_OK eq
> $result->resultStatus;
> $gb_id = $result->fetchrow;
> $ACCN{$id}{gb_id} = $gb_id;
> }
Hmm, that sure looks like it should work. I can only counsel looking
for silly errors (typos, not running the same copy of the script that you
edited, etc). Also double-check that gb.gb_id has the column default
nextval('gb_gb_id_seq') (try psql's "\d gb" command).
regards, tom lane
