Re: Fw: postgresql experts please help - Mailing list pgsql-jdbc

From Michael Schmidt
Subject Re: Fw: postgresql experts please help
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In response to Re: Fw: postgresql experts please help  (Kris Jurka <books@ejurka.com>)
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Kris Jurka wrote:
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>
> On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Michael Schmidt wrote:
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>> Also, from my read of the documentation and experience, you have to
>> call nextval before you can call currval in the transaction.
>>
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> Right, but the insert should trigger the default on the serial column to
> call nextval behind the scenes.
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> Kris Jurka
>
Exactly, because nextval is the default for the sequence.  However, if
you do a transaction in which you don't do an insert, then currval won't
be available.

Michael Schmidt

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