Re: Rules & sequences

"Tamsin" <tg_mail(at)bryncadfan(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
> I'm having a problem with my insert rule -

> create rule address_ins as on insert to address DO
> insert into address_hist values (new.*,current_timestamp,'insert');

> The problem is, my address table has default nextval('address_id_seq') as
> the default for the Primary key. When I insert into the address table, the
> rule seems to take the nextval of the sequence for the audit table, and then
> the actual insert into the address table takes another nextval,

I think this may be an inherent problem in the way rules are handled
(unless Jan has an idea how to fix it). You'd probably have better luck
using a trigger.

regards, tom lane