Re: [SQL] Is this possible?

On 11 May 2001, at 11:24, Roberto Mello wrote:

> On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 09:16:56PM -0400, Wei Weng wrote:
> > I have a table that has a serial for primary key. Is it possible to
> > get the new available primary key right after I insert a row of new
> > entry?
>
>  Yeah. Se the documentation on triggers.

My method is to insert into the target table(s) in advance.

my ($job_id) = $self->{dbh}->selectrow_array(qq|SELECT
NEXTVAL ('zipinfo_job_id_seq')|);

and then I use job_id as a hidden value in the form that gets printed.

Peter



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