Re: Retrieve auto-generated key. - Mailing list pgsql-jdbc

If you want an easy solution(and a bit more portable), you probably are
better off with doing a "SELECT lastval()"
Though an insert trigger inserting into another table with a serial
column might screw up the result.

See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/functions-sequence.html


> Hi
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> Ability to retrieve auto-generated key is one of the key features of
> JDBC3.
> I tried using prepareStatement(String sql, int autoGeneratedKeys) ,
> prepareStatement(String sql, int[] columnIndexes) and
> prepareStatement(String sql, String[] columnNames) but with no success
> . It returned with exception message as "Returning autogenerated keys
> is not supported."
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> I know there is already one thread for retrieve auto-generated key but
> look like that thread does not have one distinct   solution.
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> Is there any patch or workaround to retrieve auto-generated key ?
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> Thanks
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> Sangeeta
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