From: Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>
To: Sam Adams <samadams@myfastmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Serial and Index
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 09:28:27 -0700
Message-ID: <20050227162827.GA56593@winnie.fuhr.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1109508892.19366.216118816@webmail.messagingengine.com>
References: <1109508892.19366.216118816@webmail.messagingengine.com>
On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 12:54:52PM +0000, Sam Adams wrote:
> I read at http://jamesthornton.com/postgres/FAQ/faq-english.html#4.15.1
That copy of the FAQ is over two years old according to the "Last
updated" text at the top of the page. You can find the current FAQ
here:
http://www.postgresql.org/files/documentation/faqs/FAQ.html> that when a serial is created then an index is created on the column.
> However I can't seem to find this anywhere in the PoistgreSQL manual. Is
> this true? Thanks.
Not since 7.3. Here's an excerpt from the 7.3 Release Notes:
* No longer automatically create index for SERIAL column (Tom)
You can confirm this for yourself by trying it and observing what
happens.
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Michael Fuhr
http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/
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