function Connection::nextId

Retrieve a the next id in a sequence.

PostgreSQL has built in sequences. We'll use these instead of inserting and updating a sequences table.

Overrides Connection::nextId

File

core/modules/pgsql/src/Driver/Database/pgsql/Connection.php, line 274

Class

Connection

PostgreSQL implementation of <a href="/api/drupal/core%21lib%21Drupal%21Core%21Database%21Connection.php/class/Connection/9" title="Base Database API class." class="local">\Drupal\Core\Database\Connection</a>.

Namespace

Code

public function nextId($existing = 0) {
    // Retrieve the name of the sequence. This information cannot be cached
    // because the prefix may change, for example, like it does in tests.
    $sequence_name = $this->makeSequenceName('sequences', 'value');
    // When PostgreSQL gets a value too small then it will lock the table,
    // retry the INSERT and if it's still too small then alter the sequence.
    $id = $this->query("SELECT nextval('" . $sequence_name . "')")
        ->fetchField();
    if ($id > $existing) {
        return $id;
    }
    // PostgreSQL advisory locks are simply locks to be used by an
    // application such as Drupal. This will prevent other Drupal processes
    // from altering the sequence while we are.
    $this->query("SELECT pg_advisory_lock(" . self::POSTGRESQL_NEXTID_LOCK . ")");
    // While waiting to obtain the lock, the sequence may have been altered
    // so lets try again to obtain an adequate value.
    $id = $this->query("SELECT nextval('" . $sequence_name . "')")
        ->fetchField();
    if ($id > $existing) {
        $this->query("SELECT pg_advisory_unlock(" . self::POSTGRESQL_NEXTID_LOCK . ")");
        return $id;
    }
    // Reset the sequence to a higher value than the existing id.
    $this->query("ALTER SEQUENCE " . $sequence_name . " RESTART WITH " . ($existing + 1));
    // Retrieve the next id. We know this will be as high as we want it.
    $id = $this->query("SELECT nextval('" . $sequence_name . "')")
        ->fetchField();
    $this->query("SELECT pg_advisory_unlock(" . self::POSTGRESQL_NEXTID_LOCK . ")");
    return $id;
}