Hello,
If I understand right what you wrote,
SERIAL is what you need. This object is intended to
handle concurrency as well.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zavier Sheran" <zsheran@yahoo.com>
To: <pgsql-php@postgresql.org>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 3:55 AM
Subject: [PHP] Nextval
> I try to do the following:
>
> Fetch a SERIAL field (ie. record_id) and get the
> highest value currently stored (ie. 1000), increment
> the value by 1 and store a record that will have the
> same value (1001) in record_id. So there must be a way
> with concurrency control.
>
> I went through the manuals and found the solution with
> NEXTVAL('serial'), but you have to create a sequence
> for that, and I don't know if it is the right way to
> do for what I want.
>
> It is my first PHP project involving a Database, so
> it's a newbie question. Have mercy...
>
> Thanks
>
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