Re: serial type vs. sequences

You are accurate.

Suchandra Thapa wrote:

>I was wondering if there was a reliable method to get the last id
>inserted into a serial column in a table.  I believe previous
>recommendations given were to use a sequence, have your app get the
>nextval for the sequence and then use that in the insert.  I was
>wondering if things had changed or if that is still the recommended
>method.
>
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