Re: automatic creation of oid

On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 20:10, Detlef Jockheck wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to postgresql. How can automatically create unique object identifyer
> during insertion of new data. I 've seen that a can use a sequence, but I
> think there must be another way?

Why must there? Using a sequence is the correct way to do it. To
automate the process, declare a column of SERIAL type. (SERIAL is
shorthand for creating a sequence and attaching it to the column's
default.)

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