diff --git a/app/scodoc/notesdb.py b/app/scodoc/notesdb.py
index 4342d128bc..796f6edf20 100644
--- a/app/scodoc/notesdb.py
+++ b/app/scodoc/notesdb.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def SimpleDictFetch(query, args, cursor=None):
     return cursor.dictfetchall()
 
 
-def DBInsertDict(cnx, table, vals, commit=0, convert_empty_to_nulls=1):
+def DBInsertDict(cnx, table, vals, commit=0, convert_empty_to_nulls=1, return_id=True):
     """insert into table values in dict 'vals'
     Return: id de l'object créé
     """
@@ -104,8 +104,11 @@ def DBInsertDict(cnx, table, vals, commit=0, convert_empty_to_nulls=1):
             )
         else:
             cursor.execute("insert into %s default values" % table)
-        cursor.execute(f"SELECT CURRVAL('{table}_id_seq')")  # id créé
-        oid = cursor.fetchone()[0]
+        if return_id:
+            cursor.execute(f"SELECT CURRVAL('{table}_id_seq')")  # id créé
+            oid = cursor.fetchone()[0]
+        else:
+            oid = None
     except:
         log("DBInsertDict: EXCEPTION !")
         log("DBInsertDict: table=%s, vals=%s" % (str(table), str(vals)))
@@ -305,7 +308,13 @@ class EditableTable(object):
             if title in self.input_formators:
                 vals[title] = self.input_formators[title](vals[title])
         # insert
-        new_id = DBInsertDict(cnx, self.table_name, vals, commit=True)
+        new_id = DBInsertDict(
+            cnx,
+            self.table_name,
+            vals,
+            commit=True,
+            return_id=(self.id_name is not None),
+        )
         return new_id
 
     def delete(self, cnx, oid, commit=True):