X-Original-To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Received: from spampd.localdomain (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F143475CEE for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 23:06:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [64.117.224.146]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D664A47592C for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 23:06:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [64.117.224.146]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 330F21038DCE; Thu, 3 Apr 2003 00:06:26 -0400 (AST) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 00:06:23 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: Tom Lane Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: simple trigger question ... In-Reply-To: <25296.1049341477@sss.pgh.pa.us> Message-ID: <20030403000605.U71125@hub.org> References: <20030402223933.M71125@hub.org> <25296.1049341477@sss.pgh.pa.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-32.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) X-Archive-Number: 200304/26 X-Sequence-Number: 12727 On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Tom Lane wrote: > "Marc G. Fournier" writes: > > I want to create a trigger on a table that for every insert, in performs a > > nextval on a sequence ... > > Er ... you just want to bump the sequence and throw away the actual > value? You don't want to store the value somewhere? Correct