On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 10:41:35PM -0500, some SMTP stream spewed forth:
> GH (grasshacker@over-yonder.net) wrote:
> > I believe that it is commonly preferred to do:
> > select nextval('sequence');
> > insert into foo (foo_id,...) values (<nextval>, ...);
>
>
> Many people do the first SELECT on a form, stuff the result in a hidden
> variable, then do the INSERT in the form's handler. This prevents the
> double- (or triple-) clicking of "submit" resulting in extra database
> inserts.
My humble appreciation to you for bringing to my attention that which I
(unbelievably - to me, anyway ;-) ) overlooked.
*bow out into the darkness of the wild Internet yonder*
gh