Re: SQL-question: returning the id of an insert querry - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Doug McNaught
Subject Re: SQL-question: returning the id of an insert querry
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Msg-id 87vfppwflu.fsf@asmodeus.mcnaught.org
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In response to Re: SQL-question: returning the id of an insert querry  ("David Green" <david@sagerobot.com>)
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Scott Chapman <scott_list@mischko.com> writes:

> It would be nice if PostgreSQL could return the primary key it inserted
> with but that may not be a fool-proof solution either.  Is there a nice
> way to handle this situation?

Write a database function that inserts the record and returns the
primary key value?  That's probably the best way to insulate your app
from the database structure...

-Doug

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