When I add new items, they tend to get this displayed on the page.

string(141) \"INSERT INTO #__redirection (oldurl, newurl, Itemid) VALUES ('client-quotes/jacqui-hits.htm', 'index.php?option=com_content&id=216&task=view')\"

I've had it happen with the menu and the newsflash module.

I am using j!1.0.12 and JoomSEF 2.1.0 with following settings:

exclude source :no
use cache : no
All other items set to yes

did you find out what was wrong?? i have the same problem.

No. I haven't heard anything.

The only thing to do is put the new URL in the database yourself. I don't know if we're supposed to pay for this support or, as it's the very basic core component, that someoone will help us out anyway.