The problem is that I don't have control over the SQL generated, that happens behind the scenes of the JDBCRowSet/SwingSet toolkt/api. Fourtunatly it seems to work when I simply don't bind the textfield :) However now I am facing other, jdbc-driver related problems, however I'll ask on the jdk-list. Thanks for all your help and patience, Clemens 2009/7/26 Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Clemens Eisserer<linuxhippy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi Tom, >> >>> regression=# alter sequence foo_bar_seq start with 1000; >>> ALTER SEQUENCE >> Completly forgot about that possibility, thanks a lot :) >> >> What still puzzles me is how to get the sequence value applied. >> MySQL's auto_increment simply ignores whatever value is supplied to >> it, however postgres seems to insert the value instead of the next >> sequence value, if one is supplied: >> >>> CREATE TABLE custtype (key SERIAL PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL, name VARCHAR(127) NOT NULL, short VARCHAR(4)); >>> ALTER SEQUENCE custtype_key_seq START WITH 10000;"); >>> INSERT INTO custtype VALUES(0, 'test', 'ta'); >>> >>> key | name | short >>> -----+----------------+------- >> > 0 | test | ta >> >> Of course, under normal circumstances it would be no problem to insert >> a nextval() however I am using an updateable JDBC ResultSet. >> Any idea how I can force the sequence's nextval() value into the key >> column using ResultSets? >> >> Thank you in advance, Clemens > > Two methods: > > 1: Don't include the column in the insert: > > INSERT INTO custtype ("name",short) VALUES('test', 'ta'); > > 2: Use the DEFAULT keyword: > > INSERT INTO custtype (key, "name",short) VALUES(DEFAULT, 'test', 'ta'); > -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general