what does that mean the 'last row'? if client 1 inserts then client 2, the last row is client 2. do you want to know what row client 1 inserted? Personally I think your question is too broad. What are you trying to accomplish?
Ted --- Yasir Malik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I have a table with many fields, and one of the > fields is of type serial. > I will do many inserts, and there will be many > repeats of the other fields > in the table, but, obviously, the serial field will > be unique for all the > rows. How can I get the value of serial field of > the last row I inserted. > I know I can select the maximum value from the > serial field, but is there > a better way, preferably something that takes > constant time. > Thanks, > Yasir Malik > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? > > http://archives.postgresql.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings