Re: question about auto increment like - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From pat pat
Subject Re: question about auto increment like
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Msg-id 20030404004641.09ACA474E42@postgresql.org
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In response to question about auto increment like  (Don Patou <pknoob@noos.fr>)
List pgsql-novice
>>What do these numbers represent?   If we're talking about
>>a key for the table,
>>that's such a bad idea I won't help you with it.   If
>>we're talking about
>>something else (like an entry sequence number) there are
>>a few ways to do it,
>>but an auto-increment number (e.g. SERIAL) isn't one of
>>them.

indeed it is a entry sequence number, not a key.


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