Re: nextval() clarification

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:54:11 +0200, Ennio-Sr <nasr.laili@tin.it> wrote:
> I think you should put <nextval(....)> directly into the INSERT
> instruction, so that it advances only once per added record.
> Have a look at Documentation PostgreSQL 7.4, Ch 9.11, table 9.34.
> HTH

I would but then I don't know how to ensure I return that exact same
id from the insert, like mysql_insert_id() does.  That's the whole
reason why I aquire the id first, so I know what it is after the
insert.  SELECT max(id) would be off under load I think.

I just didn't understand why it appeared to be +2 and not +1 as a
novice might expect.  But now I get it.  Thanks to all.

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