Re: Using LASTOID in one query

If you're using SERIAL for the table_a primary key, you don't need to use
the OID, just use the sequence information.

INSERT INTO Table_A (a_text) VALUES ('hello');
INSERT INTO Table_B (number1, b_text) VALUES
(currval('Table_A_number1_seq'), 'there');

Faster, easier, works in a transaction, and not PHP-specific.

See the system docs on currval(), nextval(), and setval().

- J.

Joel BURTON | joel@joelburton.com | joelburton.com | aim: wjoelburton
Knowledge Management & Technology Consultant

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Eckhard Hoeffner
> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 10:09 AM
> To: SQL PostgreSQL
> Subject: [SQL] Using LASTOID in one query
>
>
> Is there a possibility to use the last OID from PHP within one
> query? I have two tables like the following:
>
> table_a:
> number1 serial PRIMARY KEY
> a_text text
>
> table_b:
> number1 integer REFERENCES table_a,
> b_text text
>
> I am retrieving data like
> a_text = something
> b_text = something else
>
>
> With psql I would do the following:
> BEGIN;
> INSERT INTO table_a (a_text) VALUES ('something');
> INSERT 224490 1
> SELECT number1 FROM table_a WHERE oid = 224490;
>  number1
>  -------
>    9
> (1 row)
> INSERT INTO table_b (number1, b_text) VALUES (9, 'something else');
> INSERT 224491 1;
> COMMIT;
>
> If I am using php, the only solution I know is:
> 1. make the first INSERT, execute it
> 2. get the last oid and make the next query, execute it
> 3. make the second INSERT
>
> This are 3 queries and I can not do it within a transaction.
>
>
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