See currval() and nextval() in the docs. No need for anything fancy.
Keary Suska
Esoteritech, Inc.
"Leveraging Open Source for a better Internet"
> From: Tony Grant <tony@animaproductions.com>
> Date: 15 Oct 2001 15:58:13 +0200
> To: postgres list <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
> Subject: [GENERAL] inserting data into multiple tables
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a table "refers_to"
>
> individual_id int4
> book_id int4
>
> and another "individual"
>
> individual_id int4 nextval('individual_serial')
> name varchar
> forename varchar
>
> If the individual exists then get his id. If he doesn't allready exist
> write his names to the table and get the newly created individual_id.
>
> Then I though of using a function to write the book_id and the
> individual_id to refers_to.
>
> QUESTIONS
>
> I am using JSP so the ideal seems to be stored functions in pl/pgsql?
>
> What is the best order to do this in order to prevent a performance hit?
>
> TIA
>
> Tony Grant
>
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