new method next_id(...) returns next primary key id

[plcapi.git] / PLC / PostgreSQL.py

diff --git a/PLC/PostgreSQL.py b/PLC/PostgreSQL.py
index 597077a..5c12257 100644 (file)
--- a/PLC/PostgreSQL.py
+++ b/PLC/PostgreSQL.py
@@ -134,6 +134,15 @@ class PostgreSQL:
         cursor.close()
         return self.rowcount
 
+    def next_id(self, table_name, primary_key):
+       sequence = "%(table_name)s_%(primary_key)s_seq" % locals()      
+       sql = "SELECT nextval('%(sequence)s')" % locals()
+       rows = self.selectall(sql, hashref = False)
+       if rows: 
+           return rows[0][0]
+               
+       return None 
+
     def last_insert_id(self, table_name, primary_key):
         if isinstance(self.lastrowid, int):
             sql = "SELECT %s FROM %s WHERE oid = %d" % \