Re: Proposal: RETURNING primary_key()

Ian,

On 3/7/2016 4:17 PM, Ian Barwick wrote:
>
> FYI something similar has been proposed before:
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>    http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/53953EFB.8070701@2ndquadrant.com
>
> The linked thread might provide more insights into the issues surrounding
> this proposal.

It's funny how I've encountered the same issue and reached the same 
conclusion as you did.  The main difference is that I suggested 
returning NULL values instead of throwing an error.

I read through the whole thread and it seems to me like there was quite 
a bit of support for that feature, with Tom still unconvinced that this 
feature is useful -- but quite a few others who see the benefit in it, 
especially Java users who experience that problem first hand -- and 
Rushabh complaining about white space in the patch?

I'm not sure why it was not accepted at the end?


Igal