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To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
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Subject: Re: simple trigger question ... 
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Comments: In-reply-to "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> writes:
>> Er ... you just want to bump the sequence and throw away the actual
>> value?  You don't want to store the value somewhere?

> Correct

Then you need something like (untested)

CREATE FUNCTION mytrig() RETURNS TRIGGER AS '
begin
  perform nextval(''seq'');
  return new;
end' LANGUAGE plpgsql;

			regards, tom lane