[Fdo_dev] About RDBI's get_gen_id() function

[Mateusz Loskot]

Dan Stoica wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would agree with option 1), i.e. adding 'column' as input parameter.
> Although is quite unusual having more than one auto-generated columns on
> a table...

Unusual but possible, at least supported by PostgreSQL.

> Unfortunately is going to break all the generic rdbms drivers since they
> implement rdbi_get_gen_id(). Not a big deal, just more work.

OK. So, how should I proceed?
Can I apply appropriate changes or you'd prefer to do it?

> BTW, what happens in PostGis when passing a NULL or an empty column name
> to whatever function gets the auto-generated values?

If NULL column name is passed to postgis_get_gen_id(), then NULL value
is returned as a sequence value.
If empty string is passed as a column name, then PostgreSQL error is
generated:

"ERROR: colun "" of relation <name of table> does not exist

> As for MySql and the logically unsafe issue: FDO does inserts table by
> table and then fetches the auto-generated values right away. In a
> multi-user environment the underlying RDBMS guarantees the isolation.
> Therefore I don't see any risk.

OK

Cheers
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