From: sad <sad@bankir.ru>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: auto_increment
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:15:04 +0400
Message-ID: <200309220915.04899.sad@bankir.ru> (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>
On Saturday 20 September 2003 10:23, you wrote:
> 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().
I believe it is better to EXPLICITLY declare a SEQUENCE and
set the default value nextval() to the field.
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