On Tuesday January 11 2005 8:58, Tom Lane wrote: > "Ed L." <pgsql@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > The reason I ask is because I'd like to allow any explicitly specified > > values for the view insert, including NULL, to be passed through to the > > table insert and override the column defaults. > > Possibly you can solve your problem by attaching the defaults to the > view, not to the table at all. ALTER TABLE view ALTER COLUMN col SET > DEFAULT something has worked for a number of PG releases... Perfect, thanks. The more I learn, the less I know. Ed ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly