Re: SELECT Question - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Lada 'Ray' Lostak
Subject Re: SELECT Question
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Msg-id 00c101c3af3a$539e19a0$0d01a8c0@utopia
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In response to SELECT Question  (Alex <alex@meerkatsoft.com>)
Responses Re: SELECT Question  (Alex <alex@meerkatsoft.com>)
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> > Is there an easy way to write a select statement that returns me the
> > frist free number or any within the range of 200?
> > For example if 1-30, and 32-50 are occupied then i would like to fill in
> > the new entry with id 31.
> > I currently do it with a function but I was just wondering if there is a
> > way without it..
> If I understand well, what something about
>
>     SELECT min(xxx) FROM table WHERE xxx<50
>
After I sent it, I saw I understand bad... Just woke up... Sorry :)

I personally think, you need small procedure do to that, because you want to
perform condition 'min(xxx)' on "unexisting" columns.

R.


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