Trigger - Rewrite question with 6.5beta

While on the subjects of triggers, is this the
proper behavior?

t=> SELECT version();
version
------------------------------------------------------
PostgreSQL 6.5.0 on i586-pc-linux-gnu,
compiled by gcc 2.7.2.
(1 row)

t=> CREATE TABLE TEST1 (
t-> id int4,
t-> value text not null);
CREATE

t=> CREATE TABLE TEST2 (
t-> value text not null);
CREATE

t=> CREATE SEQUENCE TESTSEQ;
CREATE

t=> CREATE TRIGGER T_TEST1 BEFORE INSERT ON TEST1
t-> FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE
t-> autoinc(id, TESTSEQ);
CREATE

t=> INSERT INTO TEST2 VALUES ('hello');
INSERT 2497567 1

t=> INSERT INTO TEST2 VALUES ('hello');
INSERT 2497568 1

t=> INSERT INTO TEST2 VALUES ('goodbye');
INSERT 2497569 1

t=> INSERT INTO TEST1 (value)
t-> SELECT DISTINCT value FROM TEST2;
NOTICE: testseq.nextval: sequence was re-created
INSERT 0 3

t=> SELECT * FROM TEST1;
id|value
--+-------
1|goodbye
2|hello
3|hello
(3 rows)

I guess I was expecting the DISTINCT in the
SELECT to suppress the fetching of the second
'hello' record, then the insert is performed, and,
while the insert is performed, the trigger procedure
is executed to fetch the sequence value for 2
rows, not 3. Is this related to the same
conditions which make the use of DISTINCT on VIEWS
problematic?

Thanks for any info,

Marcus Mascari (mascarim(at)yahoo(dot)com)

P.S. The autoinc() is the one from /contrib

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