Re: lastval()

John Hansen wrote:
> Neil Conway wrote:
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 10:56 AM
> > To: Dennis Bjorklund
> > Cc: pgsql-patches@postgresql.org
> > Subject: Re: [PATCHES] lastval()
> >
> > Dennis Bjorklund wrote:
> > > Here is a small patch that implements a function lastval()
> > that works
> > > just like currval() except that it give the current value
> > of the last
> > > sequence used by nextval().
> >
> > What do people think of this idea? (Tom seems opposed, I'm
> > just wondering if there are other opinions out there.)
>
> I'm all for it. Even more so if the 'currval(void) called before
> nextval(seq_name)' error message could be supressed by a GUC variable
> and return 0 instead.

Why zero and no error?

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