Buenas tardes, all. I'm puzzled by my inability to use the following INSERT statement: INSERT INTO RM_USER VALUES(RM_USER.ID, RM_USER.FIRST_NAME) VALUES(1, 'DUBYA') it seems that postgres is unhappy about the explicit column naming (e.g. 'RM_USER.ID' instead of just 'ID') because I end up with either: ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "values" or ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "." Take out the explicit table name and everything is fine. The real problem is that I've got a significant amount of code that uses this explicit naming scheme (whether it's really the best thing to do or not, that's the way it is now) and oh what a headache I'll have if I have to go through it all and change this. I'm running 7.0.2, does anybody know if this is also the case in any more recent versions of postgres? Thanks. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]