From: Martin Marques <martin@bugs.unl.edu.ar>
To: Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>
To: Muhyiddin A.M Hayat <middink@indo.net.id>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: auto_increment
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 08:15:13 -0300
Message-ID: <200309200815.13766.martin@bugs.unl.edu.ar> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1064038995.5359.70.camel@linda.lfix.co.uk>
References: <008501c37f35$832e26e0$1f00a8c0@middinkcomp>
<1064038995.5359.70.camel@linda.lfix.co.uk>
El Sáb 20 Sep 2003 03:23, Oliver Elphick escribió:
> On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 06:10, Muhyiddin A.M Hayat wrote:
> > How to Create auto_increment field in PostreSQL.
> > Can I create them using Trigger.
>
> Use the SERIAL datatype. See also the functions nextval(), currval()
> and setval().
Also to add, the auto increment is done through sequences.
I would suggest seeing the docs on SEQUENCE, and SERIAL data type.
--
Porqué usar una base de datos relacional cualquiera,
si podés usar PostgreSQL?
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