Re: [NOVICE] Last ID Problem

Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> writes:
> Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
>> How is what you're suggesting more portable?

> Well, the driver would be free to implement $sth->last_insert_id() using
> whatever proprietary extensions it has available. The non-portableness would
> at least be hidden in the driver layer.

Are you asserting that last_insert_id() is a portable function?  I doubt
it.
        regards, tom lane