A way to get the id of inserted row as callback?

For inserting a row, the callback just sends back this:

{
  "command": "INSERT",
  "rowCount": 1,
  "oid": 0,
  "rows": [],
  "fields": [],
  "_parsers": [],
  "RowCtor": null,
  "rowAsArray": false
}

Is there a way to get the id of the inserted row?

[brianc]

INSERT INTO foo (name) VALUES ('baz') RETURNING *

[jmarca]

Got to this the long way. Can you update the docs (specifically at https://node-postgres.com/features/queries#parameterized-query) —to use this syntax?

I’ve used RETURNING before when doing a data-modifying WITH clause, but I didn’t think to add it to a plain insert.

(also, my way of using it is with async/await…)

Suggestion:

const text = 'INSERT INTO users(name, email) VALUES($1, $2) RETURNING *'
const values = ['brianc', '[e-mail]']

// callback
client.query(text, values, (err, res) => {
  if (err) {
    console.log(err.stack)
  } else {
    console.log(res.rows[0])
  }
})

// promise
client.query(text, values)
  .then(res => console.log(res.rows[0]))
  .catch(e => console.error(e.stack))

// async/await, pool

try {
    const pool = new Pool()
    const {rows} = await pool.query(text, values)
    console.log(rows[0])
}catch(e){
   console.error(e)
   setImmediate(() => { throw e })
}