RE: [HACKERS] AUTO_INCREMENT suggestion

CREATE SEQUENCE is also what ORACLE does.

Michael
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> From: Goran Thyni[SMTP:goran(at)bs1(dot)bildbasen(dot)kiruna(dot)se]
> Sent: Freitag, 6. März 1998 11:26
> To: D. Dante Lorenso
> Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] AUTO_INCREMENT suggestion
>
> D. Dante Lorenso wrote:
> >
> > To aid those of us that don't want to use sequences, can we add a
> > feature to 6.4 that allows the use of an AUTO_INCREMENT statement
> > when defining tables? MySQL does this, and I like it. It resembles
> > the Autonumber feature in Access as well.
> >
> > create table tblFirm (
> > FirmID int PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
> > FirmTypeID int,
> > FirmName varchar(64) NOT NULL,
> > FirmAlpha char(20) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
> > FirmURL varchar(64),
> > FirmEmail varchar(64)
> > );
> >
> > Just yet another suggestion.
> >
>
> Informix calls something like this SERIAL type, like:
>
> create table tblFirm (
> FirmID SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
> FirmTypeID int,
> FirmName varchar(64) NOT NULL,
> FirmAlpha char(20) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
> FirmURL varchar(64),
> FirmEmail varchar(64)
> );
>
> Don't know if that is standrd or extension.
>
> We use "CREATE SEQUENCE" to do this is PgSQL.
>
> regards,
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