Re: Postgresql -- initial impressions and comments

From: "Chris Boget" <chris(at)wild(dot)net>
To: "David Garamond" <davegaramond(at)icqmail(dot)com>, "j(dot)random(dot)programmer" <javadesigner(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Postgresql -- initial impressions and comments
Date: 2002-12-04 13:54:52
Message-ID: 01e201c29b9c$b88fa3e0$8c01a8c0@ENTROPY
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> > 4) The auto-increment ("serial") fields are very
> > badly documented.
> since you came from the mysql world, this is understandable. mysql
> doesn't have a "serial". it only has "autoincrement field." a
> convenience, at best. not very flexible.

What's the difference between the two? Autoincrement and serial?
Unless I missed something in the docs, it didn't appear that there
was any difference.

Chris

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