Re: [GENERAL] The value returned by autoinc ?

    Thank you for your answer.
    Still, one doubt.

On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Herouth Maoz wrote:
>   INSERT...
>   SELECT currval( 'seq_name' );
>...
> It will also give you the
>correct number even if between the INSERT and the SELECT, another process
>or another connection also made an insert.
>Herouth

If there is an insert between my INSERT and SELECT, won't the counter be
increased ? The only way I can understand this is the transaction locks
inserts... so, in fact there could not exist another insert...

Am I wrong (or better, how wrong am I :) ) ?

Thanks again!


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