Re: Error while retrieving generated keys

[Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>]

Gary Greenberg wrote:
> I see it now. It should have been, however, mentioned in documentation for
> the JDBC driver.

Agreed, this question has come up many times recently. Would you like to 
write a paragraph or two explaining the situation and the workaround?

> In essence it means that PostgreSQL has fallen into the third world of
> database engines.
...
> I am really disappointed that PostgreSQL is becoming a fossil.

;-) Now you're exaggerating.

> If there are no plans to make this feature work in the very near future,
> I'll be pushing for replacement of the engine.

Ken Johanson posted a preliminary patch in February, but there was a 
bunch of issues with it. This is an open source project, so if you'd 
like to see it happen, patches are more than welcome.

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