Re: [SQL] Getting primary key from insert statement - Mailing list pgsql-sql

At 12:51 +0300 on 07/06/1999, Emils Klotins wrote:


>
> Wouldn't it be simpler just to SELECT the next value from the sequence
>BEFORE the insert and
> use it in the INSERT statement directly?

Then you have to have a transaction around the two operations. And by the
time you do the select, someone may lock the table where you insert. It's a
potential for deadlock.

Herouth

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