what does that mean the 'last row'? if client 1
inserts then client 2, the last row is client 2. do
you want to know what row client 1 inserted?
Personally I think your question is too broad. What
are you trying to accomplish?
Ted
--- Yasir Malik <ymalik@cs.stevens-tech.edu> wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a table with many fields, and one of the
> fields is of type serial.
> I will do many inserts, and there will be many
> repeats of the other fields
> in the table, but, obviously, the serial field will
> be unique for all the
> rows. How can I get the value of serial field of
> the last row I inserted.
> I know I can select the maximum value from the
> serial field, but is there
> a better way, preferably something that takes
> constant time.
> Thanks,
> Yasir Malik
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