On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 06:43:49PM -0700, Bret Green wrote: > how can I do the following in plpgsql? > insert multiple rows in a table > get the ids (serial) into a temp table (not the client) for temprec in insert into table (x) select y from z returning id loop insert into temp teable (q) values (temprec.id); end loop; Best regards, depesz -- Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/depesz / blog: http://www.depesz.com/ jid/gtalk: depesz@xxxxxxxxxx / aim:depeszhdl / skype:depesz_hdl / gg:6749007 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general