Re: Automatic row numbering / sequence in view ?

From: Arnaud Lesauvage <thewild(at)freesurf(dot)fr>
To: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Automatic row numbering / sequence in view ?
Date: 2006-10-10 14:51:39
Message-ID: 452BB37B.6030503@freesurf.fr
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Merlin Moncure a écrit :
> On 10/10/06, Arnaud Lesauvage <thewild(at)freesurf(dot)fr> wrote:
>> Hi List !
>>
>> I need to add a column to a view, which would contain an automatically
>> generated sequence.
>> An automatic row numbering would do the trick (I only need unique
>> numbers, that's all), but I don't even know how to achieve this.
>> Does anybody have a solution for this problem ?
>
> sure a sequence works. try this:
>
> create sequence foo;
>
> create view foobar as select *, nextval('foo') from bar;
>
> If your query is complex, i would consider it to be good style to push
> the real view into a subquery, such as:
>
> select q.*, nextval('foo') from
> (
> [complex query here]
> ) q;
>
> merlin

How, great !
I did not know that way to use a sequence ! Still learning ! ;)
The query is quite complex indeed, so I will try with a subquery !
Thanks a lot Merlin !

--
Arnaud

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