Re: Running Totals and other stuff.... - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Mike Nolan
Subject Re: Running Totals and other stuff....
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Msg-id 200406012003.i51K3pZA001960@gw.tssi.com
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In response to Re: Running Totals and other stuff....  (Alan Graham <alan.graham@infonetsystems.com.au>)
Responses Re: Running Totals and other stuff....  (Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>)
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> Adding a cheque number primary key would work tho'

Depending on the specifics of the application, check number may not
be a  'unique' field.  Automatic bank checks come to mind, on my
monthy statments they tend to always have the same check number or none
at all.

In this case I'd use a serial column.

The best long term solution, IMHO, would be to change postgres so that
it has a unique system column for each record, like Oracle does.
--
Mike Nolan

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