Re: One sequence for different tables - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Stephan Szabo
Subject Re: One sequence for different tables
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Msg-id 20020311090350.B45259-100000@megazone23.bigpanda.com
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In response to One sequence for different tables  (Robert.Farrugia@go.com.mt)
Responses Re: One sequence for different tables  (Brian McCane <bmccane@mccons.net>)
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On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 Robert.Farrugia@go.com.mt wrote:

> Is it possible to create one sequence to be used for more than one table ?
> Let's say I create a pkey_seq sequence.
> Can I use it in table A (pkey default nextval('pkey_seq') PRIMARY KEY) and
> in table B as (pkey default nextval('pkey_seq') PRIMARY KEY) ?

Yes.

> Is it safe in that each table will have unique values i.e. if I have a
> third table C which is used to link data both from A and B using the pkey
> field, will there be records having the same pkey but from different
> tables?

As long as you never insert an explicit value into the column and don't
have to roll over the sequence, you should be safe.



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