I create a table with: CREATE TABLE "tab" ("asdf" SERIAL, "asdf2" char (20) NOT NULL ); Then I try to insert some data: INSERT INTO "tab" ("asdf", "asdf2") VALUES (NEXTVAL('""tab_asdf_seq""'::text), 'asdf') ERROR: Relation '"tab_asdf_seq"' does not exist (done with phpPgAdmin 2.3) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster