> It's defined in the backend executable, as is GetCurrentTransactionId(). > A similar wrapper function to the one shown here: > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2005-06/msg00709.php > > should work. But I agree with the other folks in this thread who have > questioned whether this is a good idea: backend APIs are known to change > significantly between releases, and making assumptions about how they > behave seems like asking for trouble to me. I agree with all of you as well that using backend APIs is not the most continually reliable way of doing this. Unfortunately the requirement stands that I need to audit all actions that occur in a single transaction, as one group. Christian's method seems like it should work properly. Does anyone see any problems with doing it in the fashion mentioned by him? ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend