Dangerous. The UPDATE is not the same as
a SELECT with lock. It has a read component
that won't lock and a write component that
WILL lock at write time. That is not what
you want.
Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_optusnet.com.au
----- Original Message -----
> What about doing it in one step?
>
> Declare lCounter int;
> Begin
> UPDATE counter_table
> SET counter := counter+1
> WHERE counter_name = 'table name'
> RETURNING counter INTO lCounter;
> End;
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Author: Nuno Souto
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