Hello, If I understand right what you wrote, SERIAL is what you need. This object is intended to handle concurrency as well. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zavier Sheran" <zsheran@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pgsql-php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 3:55 AM Subject: [PHP] Nextval > I try to do the following: > > Fetch a SERIAL field (ie. record_id) and get the > highest value currently stored (ie. 1000), increment > the value by 1 and store a record that will have the > same value (1001) in record_id. So there must be a way > with concurrency control. > > I went through the manuals and found the solution with > NEXTVAL('serial'), but you have to create a sequence > for that, and I don't know if it is the right way to > do for what I want. > > It is my first PHP project involving a Database, so > it's a newbie question. Have mercy... > > Thanks > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster