Re: Create on insert a unique random number - Mailing list pgsql-sql

am  Tue, dem 18.03.2008, um 12:03:31 -0500 mailte Campbell, Lance folgendes:
> I created the following table:
> 
> create table xyz (
> n serial, 
> abc character varying, 
> constraint n_pkey primary key (n));
> 
> Each time I do an insert:
> 
> insert into xyz(abc) values('adf6');
> 
> The field n is not random but is sequential.  Is there something I
> should do to make the serial number random?

Why do you mean to need a random value? But you can use something like
md5(nextval('your_sequence')) as default. But i can't see an advantage.


>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----

Please, no top-posting. I'm reading from top to bottom.


Andreas
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