Hello,
Sounds like you need to use a pass through query (as they're called
in MS Access)
- Stuart
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ray Daigle [SMTP:rdaigle@click2net.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 6:57 PM
> To: pgsql-odbc@postgresql.org
> Subject: A problem with the nextval('') function
>
> Hi,
>
> I've been writing a VB application that uses 7.01.00.06 ODBC driver to
> access a PostgresSQL database. Everything works OK until I try using the
> 'nextval' function. When I try to execute SELECT nextval('userid') ,
> either from my application or from the Visual Data Manager tool, I get an
> error that states: "The SELECT statment includes a reserved word or
> argumnet name that is misspelled or missing, or the punctuation is
> incorrect. Number 3141".
>
> The same query works fine on my database if I'm just using the standard
> UNIX PostgreSQL client, it's only when I try to execute it through ODBC
> that I get a problem.
>
> Does anyone know if the 7.01.00.06 version of the psqlodbc drivers support
> the nextval function in a SELECT query?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ray Daigle
> Technical Analyst
> Click2Net Inc.
> Tel: (905) 271 3550 ext. 222
> Fax: (905) 271 3650
> rdaigle@click2net.com
>
>
