cannot use result of (insert .. returning)

Hello,

I’m having the same issues as dvs had in message thread http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2008-05/msg01117.php as I want to be able to use the result from an INSERT INTO table(...) VALUES(...) RETURNING new_row_ID.

I would ideally like to be able to capture the RETURNING value into a variable to use immediately.  Does anyone have a solution?

Dale.