hendra kusuma wrote:
>
> Let me get this clear
> it should looks like this?
>
> create function something() returns integer as $$
> declare
> ret integer;
> begin
> -- just assume something table has a serial column as primary key
> insert into something values ('a value');
> select currval('something_sequence') into ret;
> return ret;
> end
>
> $$ language 'plpgsql';
That should work fine, although for that particular case with recent
versions you could just use:
INSERT INTO some_table (id, mytext) VALUES (DEFAULT, 'a value')
RETURNING id;
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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
