David Kammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Notice that even though the second insert failed, it still incremented 
> the serial value.  This seems counter intuative to the way that serial 
> should work.  Is this truly a bug,

No.  nextval() calls never roll back; see the documentation.

> is there a good work around?

Don't assume that a serial column is without gaps.  It's only intended
to be unique.

                        regards, tom lane

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