In response to Andrus : > INSERT generates SERIAL primary key column value automatically. > > How to save this value for use in same transaction ? > How to get autogenerated primary key for >=8.0 servers ? There are some functions to get that value: test=# create table andrus(id serial primary key); NOTICE: CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "andrus_id_seq" for serial column "andrus.id" NOTICE: CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index "andrus_pkey" for table "andrus" CREATE TABLE test=*# insert into andrus values (default); INSERT 0 1 test=*# select currval(pg_get_serial_sequence('andrus','id')); currval --------- 1 (1 row) HTH, Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47150, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header) GnuPG: 0x31720C99, 1006 CCB4 A326 1D42 6431 2EB0 389D 1DC2 3172 0C99 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general