D. Dante Lorenso wrote: > I want the value of col0 returned to the application and I don't want to > know the name of the sequence involved in the SERIAL column. I just want > the value inserted into the column by using just it's column name. Use pg_get_serial_sequence(). Don't use lastval() if you can help it, because it's a foot gun. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/DXLWNGRJD34J "I love the Postgres community. It's all about doing things _properly_. :-)" (David Garamond) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster