I use the following technique:
add sequence to the primary key of the table
look up the sequence the primary key
insert a record using (including) the primary key
re-query the newly inserted record using the primary key
Thanks, Michael
-----Original Message-----
From: David O'Farrell [SMTP:dave.ofarrell@aersoft.ie]
Sent: Friday, March 26, 1999 5:39 AM
To: pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org
Subject: [GENERAL] using Oids to retrieve a row
anyone know if it is possible to INSERT a row , "save" the oid for
this
row and subsequently select it based only on the oid ?
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