Re: [SQL] Getting last used oid

> To All,
> 
> How can I call up the last oid used in an insert statement? I've checked
> the docs (but not the source - getting a little big :-) by way of the
> TOC's and didn't see it. I'm assuming/hoping there is a function
> similar to  lastval, curval, nextval for sequences available to
> do this that I would like to use in a trigger to populate another table.
> 
> I also did a perusal of the new book, which looks *_really_* good so far,
> but it didn't have what I was hoping to find.
> 
> I can do it normally of course (select oid, 'last_inserted_unique_field')
> from table;) but
> i would like a more behind the scenes way.
6.6 or 7.0 will have a :LastOid variable in psql.  From libpq in C,
there are functions to access it.

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