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From: hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz@depesz.com>
To: Campbell, Lance <lance@uiuc.edu>
Cc: Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Create on insert a unique random number
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:59:41 +0100
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On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 01:40:42PM -0500, Campbell, Lance wrote:
> This is not a security approach.  It is more about not giving obvious
> access to people that want to mess around.

1. keep primary key using standard serial. it will make your life a bit
simpler.
2. add column for text random identifiers (it doesn't have to be number,
and adding characters makes for much better "randomness").
3. check this:
http://www.depesz.com/index.php/2007/06/25/random-text-record-identifiers/

depesz

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