On Thursday 10 January 2008 06:12:43 am Alvaro Herrera wrote: > pg_get_serial_sequence But it only works with a serial data type. Create a sequence "mySequence" Create a field "myField smallint NOT NULL DEFAULT nextval('mysequence'::regclass)" So given the name of the table and the name of the field. How can I find the name of the associated squence? -- John Fabiani ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq