Re: Select nextval problem - Mailing list pgsql-general

I use something similar (watch where nextval/currval are used):

         SELECT nextval('prodid_seq');

         INSERT INTO product VALUES (currval('prodid_seq'),'...',...,'');

         SELECT * FROM product WHERE prodid = (SELECT
nextval('prodid_seq'));



But there's probably a better way....


SZUCS Gábor wrote:

>>SELECT nextval('prodid_seq') as id;
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>>INSERT INTO product VALUES (nextval('prodid_seq'),'...',...,'');
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>>OK up to this point.
>>
>>Now how do I SELECT back the record I just inserted.
>>
>>SELECT * FROM product WHERE prodid = id;
>>ERROR:  Attribute 'id' not found
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>>OK, I'm not very good at SQL yet. How do you put the sequence number in
>>a place holder, then do the insert, and finally retrieve the record you
>>just inserted by matching the prodid with the number in the place holder.
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