OCIDefineByName/OCIBindByName help?

Hi, Can anyone help me to understand the OCIBindByName/OCIDefineByName functionality when used with the Oracle 'returning' clause? These two functions are seriously under-documented at PHP.net. I need the sequence-generated ID created during an insert for further manipulation. I tried sequence-name.currval but got an error. Here's some code that doesn't work: $sql = "insert into mdfaq values (null,'$Question','$Answer') returning ID into :ID"; $stmt = ociParse($conn,$sql); OCIBindByName($stmt,":ID",&$faq_ID,-1); ociExecute($stmt); $sql = "insert into mdfaq_faq_cat values ($faq_ID, $req_cat)"; $stmt = ociParse($conn,$sql); ociExecute($stmt); Any Ideas? Thx in Advance, Barry Prentiss