I would look at creating a temp table as:
select product_number,generate_series(4200001,4200001+(select count(*) from product_number)) order by product_number;
Then rename the temp table back to the original table.
Sean
-----Original Message-----
From: operationsengineer1@yahoo.com [mailto:operationsengineer1@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thu 11/2/2006 3:01 PM
To: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
Subject: [NOVICE] Insert Question
hhi all,
long time no askie question, but here goes...
i want to insert sequential document numbers into a
products table
my current setup is like so:
product_number document_number
1001
1002
1006
1005
i want an insert statement that will yield the
following:
product_number document_number
1001 42000001
1002 42000002
1006 42000003
1005 42000004
relative order means nothing, but i do want sequential
document numbers.
how can i go about getting this done as efficiently as
possible?
as always, tia.
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