Re: question about auto increment like

Pat,

> say u have 3 entries, the first entry (let's call it A) value is "1" the
second(let's call it B) is "2" and the third(let's call it C) is "3".
> If I delete B, I would like C value to become "2" ie to take B value.
> hope u see what I'm sayin.

What do these numbers represent? If we're talking about a key for the table,
that's such a bad idea I won't help you with it. If we're talking about
something else (like an entry sequence number) there are a few ways to do it,
but an auto-increment number (e.g. SERIAL) isn't one of them.

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