Re: Suggested improvement : Adjust SEQUENCES to accept an INCREMENT of functionname(parameters) instead of an integer - Mailing list pgsql-general

> Hi all,
>
> Am doing some work with sequences at the moment, and I'm finding it would be
> useful to have sequences which use an increment amount decided by a function
> call, instead of just a straight integer amount (as we presently do).
>
> For my example, I'd use this to add random positive increments (specifically
> to avoid easy predictability of the sequence), but it would be quite flexible.
>
> i.e. CREATE SEQUENCE newseq INCREMENT trunc(random() * 10);
>
> Could do the same for the START, MINVALUE and MAXVALUE parameters also.
>
> Would others also benefit from this alteration?  If so, we might like to ask
> for it to be added to Bruce's TODO list.

Sorry but my initial impression is that this functionality is pretty
strange.

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