Re: SERIAL Field

>  > "You say nextval() + write, I say write + currval()..."
>
>So long as a given application does not mix the two approaches, everything
>should be fine.

Though, if you have multiple clients inserting into the table, there 
is a chance that between client A inserting the record and then 
calling currval(), client B could have performed an insert, in which 
case client A gets the value of client B's record.  'nextval() + 
write' avoids this possible overlap.
-- 
Joel Stevenson
Bear River Associates, Inc.