I marked it volatile, and still the next time I call the function after the first insert, using the previous new id as as input parameter, it still can't "find" the newly inserted id for the next go-round. Nor can any regular SELECTs in the main program find it.
Susan On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Susan Cassidy < susan.cass...@decisionsciencescorp.com> wrote: > It isn't marked as one of those as all, so whatever the default is. > > That could be it. I'll look up the default. > > Thanks, > Susan > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:17 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > >> Susan Cassidy <susan.cass...@decisionsciencescorp.com> writes: >> > It is a fairly large and complex Perl program, so no, not really. >> > I do an insert via a function, which returns the new id, then later I >> try >> > to SELECT on that id, and it doesn't find it. >> >> > Could it be because the insert is done inside a function? >> >> Is the SELECT also inside a database function, and if so is that function >> marked stable or immutable? That might explain it --- non-volatile >> functions are intentionally designed not to notice updates that happen >> after they start. >> >> regards, tom lane >> > >