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From: Josh Berkus <[email protected]>
To: Troels Arvin <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: SQL 2003 conformance
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 09:35:03 -0700
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Troels,

> I believe that PostgreSQL 8 doesn't implement SQL:2003's IDENTITY columns,

You're correct.   Mind you, IDENTITY was a mistake, and I'm happy we don't 
implement  it.

> Sequences are allmost implemented, except PostgreSQL doesn't have the NEXT
> VALUE FOR (uses nextval()). As NEXT VALUE FOR functionality is rather
> important for sequences, one might say that it's important for the syntax
> to be equal here.

Hmmm ... good point.  Would be worth bringing up on Hackers as a TODO 
suggestion.


-- 
Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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