Vishal,
will your suggestion protect my db if I have two
customers with the same name? does it always return
the highest cust_id and is that *always* the last
cust_id entered?
tia...
--- "Vishal Kashyap @ [SaiHertz]"
<vishalonlist@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > $id = "SELECT currval('cust_id')"; // used in an
> > attempt to get last id (colum 'cust id')entered
> into
> > db.
> >
> > $result = $db->Execute($sql); // works fine.
> >
> > $id_result = $db->execute($id); // $id_result has
> no
> > value.
>
> This is because currval fetched data during a
> transaction process and
> not after the process is complete.
>
> the best way I suggest is
>
> $id = "SELECT cust_id from customer where
> customer_name ='$cust'
> order by cust_id desc limit1" ; // used in an
>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Vishal Kashyap.
> Lead Software Developer,
> http://saihertz.com,
> http://vishalkashyap.tk
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