Re: get sequence value of insert command

Achilleus Mantzios wrote:
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>>now how do i know the id of my newly inserted element? and
>>how can this be done in a completely concurrency safe way?
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> The way to do this is by reading the docs :)
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> use currval, it is session safe.

The increase in this question suggests the number of new users has 
increased since 8.0 went into beta-test. It's pretty much the first 
question anyone asks.

I seem to recall it was mine. I made the mistake of assuming it wasn't 
concurrency safe and was gently corrected by one of the community. I 
think it might have been a Tim/Tam Lane. Wonder what happened to him? :-)

--   Richard Huxton  Archonet Ltd