| From: | "Oliver Elphick" <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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| To: | "Stefan Lindner" <lindner(at)visionet(dot)de> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: system maintained keys |
| Date: | 2001-10-17 06:49:50 |
| Message-ID: | 200110170649.f9H6noPo012040@linda.lfix.co.uk |
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"Stefan Lindner" wrote:
>Is there any way to get system maintained keys from postgres? e.g. to
>have a table with a primary key column (varchar or int) and let postgres
>chose the next unique value for this column?
The SERIAL data type does this. It is an INTEGER with a sequence attached.
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