oh drat! my fault, its just select mysequence.nextval AS newid from dual
then use #queryname.newid# when you need the id, yes. sorry about that. Can't use INTO in SQL in this case, have to use PL for that. DK On 6/7/05, RADEMAKERS Tanguy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >-----Original Message----- > >Subject: Get New Record ID in ORACLE > >From: Douglas Knudsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 10:41:52 -0400 > >Thread: > >http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm/method=messages > >&threadid=40571&forumid=4#208799 > > > >select mysequence.nextval into newid from dual > > > >You are using a sequence for your IDs, no? > > > >DK > > LOL. Yes i am using sequences for my IDs. > > I have a sequence called s. This code: > > <cfquery name="nextval" datasource="trademak"> > select s.nextval into newid from dual > </cfquery> > > fails with error [Macromedia][Oracle JDBC Driver][Oracle]ORA-00905: > missing keyword > > This code: > > <cfquery name="nextval" datasource="trademak"> > select s.nextval from dual > </cfquery> > > works just fine. So i am assuming that you insert a new row like this: > > <cfquery name="nextval" datasource="trademak"> > select s.nextval from dual > </cfquery> > > <cfquery name="testinsert" datasource="trademak"> > insert into t (id,name) values(#nextval.nextval#,'this is a test') > </cfquery> > > i was just wondering whether you had found a way to make "select > mysequence.nextval into newid from dual" work in a cfquery block (like > anonymous pl/sql or something). Have you? > > /t > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:208819 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54

