Re: SERIAL type feature request - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: SERIAL type feature request
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Msg-id 4393646B.6070402@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: SERIAL type feature request  (Zoltan Boszormenyi <zboszor@dunaweb.hu>)
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Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote:

> Andrew Dunstan írta:
>
>>
>>
>> Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> I would like to add an entry to PostgreSQL 8.2 TODO:
>>> - Extend SERIAL to a full-featured auto-incrementer type.
>>>
>>>
>> I can't see this item on the TODO list at all. Where exactly did you 
>> find it?
>
>
>
> That's why I wanted it ADDed... ;-)
>
>

I misread. I apologise.

However, I think it's up to you to demonstrate why the Informix way of 
doing things is better than what we have, on a matter on which (AFAICS) 
the standard is silent.

What you propose would be backwards incompatible, which we try to avoid.


cheers

andrew


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