On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 11:09:00 +0200,
Jan Blaha <jan.blaha@terminus.cz> wrote:
> Hi I am looking for some way how to get some ID variable that remains
> unchanged and unique throughout a connection, like MS SQL @@SPID. I am
> running PostGreSQL 7.2.1 Native Windows Port. I would be thanksfull for
> any help.
You could use a sequence to provide this. You will need to make an initial
call of nextval at the start of the session and then not call it again
(for the same sequence). Use currval to retrieve the id.
