What would the trigger return the value too. You did not call the trigger
the system called the trigger. Also triggers are not meant for use in this
way they are meant for data manipulation before or after a table is
inserted,updated or deleted.
You would have to run select currval('seq_name') as the next query.
On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Greg Patnude wrote:
> This seem rather limiting... Suppose I want a trigger that after insert,
> returns the currval(sequence) of the newly inserted row automatically
> without having to run another query ???
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