On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 16:29, Chris Gamache wrote:
> If sequences are used to keep track of the row last inserted, isn't it critical
> to be able to insure the value of currval() doesn't belong to someone else's
> connection?
That can't happen. currval() is _guaranteed_ to return only the last
value generated during your own current session. That is why you cannot
use it unless you have used nextval() first in the same session.
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