OK I downloaded the trunk and tested this mod. myParent = db.ParentTable.insert(name='Bill') myParentNativeRef = myParent._table._last_reference
works Thanks again. On Jun 27, 3:28 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > Maybe just add a new property dynamically to the row > > We could call it 'nativeRef' > > > Would it be something like: > > self.nativeRef = tmp # Python can add new properties 'on-the-fly', > > right? > > > as the new 2nd last statement of insert()? > > If that is useful we can do it. I just did it in trunk so you can test > it but I called self._last_reference to avoid possible naming > conflicts. > > Massimo