On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 12:42 -0500, Jaime Casanova wrote: > On 12/22/05, Ted Byers <r.ted.byers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > INSERT INTO foo (auto,text) > > VALUES(NULL,'text'); # generate ID by inserting NULL > > and this of course is bad... if a insert NULL i want the NULL to be inserted. > SQL Standard way of doing things is "ommiting the auto incremental fld at all" > > INSERT INTO foo (text) VALUES ('text'); and then there is the god old DEFAULT value: INSERT INTO foo (auto,text) VALUES(DEFAULT,'text'); gnari