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From: Josh Berkus <josh@berkus.org>
To: Dinesh Chandra 12108 <Dinesh.Chandra@cyient.com>
To: pgsql-performance-owner@postgresql.org <pgsql-performance-owner@postgresql.org>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Auto generate number in Postgres-9.1.
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 09:43:11 -0400
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Dinesh,

> I have to add one column  “ID” in postgres table which will generate
> Auto Increment
> <http://www.davidghedini.com/pg/entry/postgresql_auto_increment>ed number .
> 
>  
> 
> Example:
> 
> Suppose I have five records and if I insert 1 new record It should auto
> generate 6.

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/sql-createsequence.html
also SERIAL on this page:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/datatype-numeric.html


> 
> If I truncate the same table and then again insert rows should start
> with 1 in “ID” column.

That's not how it works, normally.  I'd suggest adding an ON TRUNCATE
trigger to the table.


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Josh Berkus
Containers & Databases Oh My!


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