There seems to be CREATE everything in Postgres but it would be really nice to have a CREATE VARIABLE which would allow us to create global variables. I know there are other techniques but this would be the easiest when doing a init routine when a user logs in to the application. Best Regards Michael Gould Intermodal Software Solutions, LLC 904-226-0978 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general