Re: [PATCHES] Non-colliding auto generated names

Yes, our sequence name/column linkage should be much more automatic than
it is now, and if we do that, we can start to think about sequence name
collision avoidance.

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Rod Taylor wrote:
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> On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 14:37, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Interesting idea. The bigger problem is that apps who use the sequence
> > name also would have problems running after the restore. Seems we need
> > column.nextval() so you can increment the sequence without knowing the
> > sequence name, just the column name. Of course, this related to this
> > TODO item:
> >
> > * Have sequence dependency track use of DEFAULT sequences,
> > seqname.nextval
>
> 200N spec proposes 'NEXT VALUE FOR <sequence>'.
>
> Tom will shoot me if I submit that though (VALUE as a keyword again). I
> suppose one could make it a variable, and confirm it's value is VALUE?
>
> Other than that it should be a fairly simple task.
>
>
> Anyway, once again we could extend to include:
>
> NEXT VALUE ON table(column)?
>
>
> An application that was simply interested in the next value of a table
> column could simply evaluate the default value -- which should be easily
> retrievable and more portable in most interfaces (jdbc, odbc, etc.).
>
> --
> Rod Taylor <rbt(at)rbt(dot)ca>
>
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