"Karen Hill" <karen_hill22(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> I have an updateable view (using rules) that I'm trying to improve by
> using 8.2's RETURNING feature to place the result of one insert into
> the next.
That's not what it's for. RETURNING in an insert rule is to define what
to return if someone does an INSERT/RETURNING *on the view*. It's
thrown away if the rule is invoked by a plain INSERT.
regards, tom lane