Re: nextval/dbi question

On Monday 06 August 2001 08:47, harrold@sage.che.pitt.edu wrote:

> i was under the impression that nextval would give what the nextval would
> be. i didnt think it was suppose to increment it. after reading your
> response and someone else's it seems i need to get the next value of the
> key and insert it explicitly is that correct?

Yes. Alternatively, you can let Postgres use nextval implicitly, and call
currval afterwards to get the value of the inserted "nextval"

Horst