Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 19:06:54 -0500
From: "Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com>
To: Ferindo Middleton Jr <fmiddleton@verizon.net>
Cc: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@g2switchworks.com>,
	Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Why doesn't the SERIAL data type automatically have a
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On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 07:50:28PM -0400, Ferindo Middleton Jr wrote:
> Based on the feedback I received after I made that original post, it 
> seemed most people don't use SERIAL with a unique constraint or primary 
> key and  I was blasted for making such  a suggestion. I'm sorry... It 

I don't think either assertion is true. I'd bet most of the developers
actually do normally use an index on a serial, since it's normally used
as a PK. And while people can be a bit terse with their replies, I
wouldn't say you were blasted. :)
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