Re: Using generate_series to create a unique ID in a query? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From hubert depesz lubaczewski
Subject Re: Using generate_series to create a unique ID in a query?
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Msg-id 20071114153644.GB14099@depesz.com
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In response to Re: Using generate_series to create a unique ID in a query?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Using generate_series to create a unique ID in a query?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 10:26:52AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> That's a fairly ugly/messy way of doing it.  If you're going to need a C
> function anyway, why not just do it directly?  As in the attachment.

actually you dont have to do it in c.
alec pointed (in comments) that there already is statement_timestamp()
function, so you can remove the c code, and use statement_timestamp()
instead of get_statement_timestamp().

depesz

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