abstract public function DatabaseConnection::nextId

1 database.inc abstract public DatabaseConnection::nextId($existing_id = 0)

Retrieves an unique id from a given sequence.

Use this function if for some reason you can't use a serial field. For example, MySQL has no ways of reading of the current value of a sequence. Or sometimes you just need a unique integer.

Parameters

$existing_id: After a database import, it might be that the sequences table is behind, so by passing in the maximum existing id, it can be assured that we never issue the same id.

Return value

An integer number larger than any number returned by earlier calls and: also larger than the $existing_id if one was passed in.

1 method overrides DatabaseConnection::nextId()

DatabaseConnection_mysql::nextId in core/includes/database/mysql/database.inc: Retrieves an unique id from a given sequence.

File

core/includes/database/database.inc, line 1383: Core systems for the database layer.

Class

DatabaseConnection: Base Database API class.

Code

abstract public function nextId($existing_id = 0);