Strugging with NEW and OLD records.

I am a newbie to the stored proc. game and this is eating my brain.

> CREATE TABLE name(first VARCHAR(32) NULL,last VARCHAR(32) NULL, extra
VARCHAR(32) NULL );

> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION update_name() RETURNS opaque AS '
DECLARE
BEGIN

NEW.extra:=NEW.first;
RETURN NEW;

END;
' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

> CREATE TRIGGER update_name_extra BEFORE INSERT
ON name
EXECUTE PROCEDURE update_name();

> INSERT INTO name(first,last) VALUES('script','head');
ERROR: record "new" is not assigned yet
DETAIL: The tuple structure of a not-yet-assigned record is indeterminate.
CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function "update_name" line 4 at assignment

What am I doing wrong?

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