Tom Lane wrote:
>"PostgreSQL Bugs List" <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org> writes:
>
>
>>/* this statement will reverse the order of CURRVAL()/NEXTVAL() to match the
>>column order of the table */
>>INSERT INTO testing (col_b, col_a) VALUES (NEXTVAL('seq'), CURRVAL('seq'));
>>
>>
>
>This is not a bug. The order of evaluation of select-lists and
>values-lists is not defined anywhere in the SQL standard, nor promised
>anywhere in the Postgres documentation.
>
Thanks for the clarification. I am curious, however: I can't find a
means to achieve the same effect in a deterministic manner. Any pointers?
regards,
martin
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