David Kammer <djkammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Notice that even though the second insert failed, it still incremented > the serial value. This seems counter intuative to the way that serial > should work. Is this truly a bug, No. nextval() calls never roll back; see the documentation. > is there a good work around? Don't assume that a serial column is without gaps. It's only intended to be unique. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx