From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to>
To: Sam Adams <samadams@myfastmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Serial and Index
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 10:37:41 -0600
Message-ID: <20050227163741.GA1789@wolff.to> (raw)
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On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 12:54:52 +0000,
Sam Adams <samadams@myfastmail.com> wrote:
> I read at http://jamesthornton.com/postgres/FAQ/faq-english.html#4.15.1
> 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.
That was true with the first release that had the serial pseudo type.
That was changed in later versions to provide flexibility for DBAs.
In common use, a serial column is declared as the primary key and you
get a unique index created without any other special declarations.
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