On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:45:54 -0400, Jaime Silvela <JSilvela@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'd like to be able to do something like > COPY mytable (field-1, .. field-n, id = my_id) FROM file; How do you get my_id? Can you get it in a trigger? Triggers still fire with copy so if you can get a trigger to fill in the id column you can copy with just the field names. klint. +---------------------------------------+-----------------+ : Klint Gore : "Non rhyming : : EMail : kg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx : slang - the : : Snail : A.B.R.I. : possibilities : : Mail University of New England : are useless" : : Armidale NSW 2351 Australia : L.J.J. : : Fax : +61 2 6772 5376 : : +---------------------------------------+-----------------+