"Aaron J. Seigo" <aaron(at)gtv(dot)ca> writes:
> would it be possible to add a RETURN clause to INSERT? e.g.
>
> INSERT into t1 VALUES('xxx') RETURN oid;
Not necessary --- the backend already does return the OID of the
inserted tuple (if just one is inserted). You can see it in psql,
for example. The problem here is just that not all frontend libraries
make it possible to get at that value :-(.
regards, tom lane