Re: Proposal: RETURNING primary_key() - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Hi

On 08/03/16 05:32, Igal @ Lucee.org wrote:
> THE ISSUE:
> 
> In JDBC there is a flag called RETURN_GENERATED_KEYS --
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/sql/Statement.html#RETURN_GENERATED_KEYS
> 
(...)
> THE PROPOSAL:
> 
> The proposal is to allow something like RETURNING primary_key() (it can be a keyword, not
> necessarily a function), e.g.
> 
> INSERT INTO test VALUES ('PostgresQL') RETURNING primary_key();

FYI something similar has been proposed before:
 http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/53953EFB.8070701@2ndquadrant.com

The linked thread might provide more insights into the issues surrounding
this proposal.


Regards

Ian Barwick

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