What happens if I go to the screen and decide not to input anything. Just a
thought.-DEJ
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JT Kirkpatrick [SMTP:jt-kirkpatrick@mpsllc.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 1999 10:43 AM
> To: 'Jackson, DeJuan'; 'pgsql-sql@hub.org'
> Subject: RE: [SQL] select nextval. . .
>
> well, i did just that! i set up a form with a single textbox. i set the
> form's recordsource to a pass-through query defined as "select
> nextval('sequencename') from sequencename" -- the "from sequencename"
> isn't necessary in psql, but msaccess requires a "from" statement in all
> selects. the returnrecords property of the query must be set to yes. it
> named the returning field "nextval" by itself. so, in the single field on
>
> the form, i set the controlsource to "nextval". now when you open the
> form, it selects the next value and presents it to you! fairly cool! i
> really needed to assign that value to a defined field in other tables. so
>
> what i do in VBA, in the on-open event of any form that contains the
> defined table field which i will assign the next sequence value to, is
> open
> the nextval form acHidden, capture the value of the "nextval" control into
>
> a variable, close the nextval form, then assign me!fieldname =
> nextval_variable_name. works great! kind of like using duct tape to fix
> things -- but can't we all appreciate the number of times duct tape has
> saved us???
>
> jt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jackson, DeJuan [SMTP:djackson@cpsgroup.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 1999 11:28 AM
> To: JT Kirkpatrick; 'pgsql-sql@hub.org'
> Subject: RE: [SQL] select nextval. . .
>
> > i am connecting to a postgres 6.4.2 database with msaccess97. in that
> > postgres database i have a sequence defined. in access i have a form,
> > with
> > only one textbox -- when i open that form i'd like to populate that
> > textbox
> > with the next value in that sequence. i can get the next value from
> psql
> > (select nextval('sequencename');), but i can't seem to figure out how to
> > get that nextval from within access97 into a control on a form. i can
> > design a pass-through query that inserts the nextval into a database,
> but
> > that isn't what i want to do (it also exposes some risk of
> non-uniqueness
> > that the sequence helps to ensure). got any ideas??
> >
> > jt
> >
> You're going to have to implement this all on your own. As far as I know
> Access doesn't have a way to start a transaction with a form, therefore
> sequences lose a lot of their benefits.
>
> A viable alternative might be to grab the generated sequence number after
> the insert, and display it then.
> -DEJ
