Hi, Andrew,
Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 01:10:55PM +0200, Markus Schaber wrote:
>> Then you'll have to use the re-check approach, like:
>
> That sort of undermines the value of the calculated primary key,
> though, doesn't it? He'd need the unique index for FK references,
> which was the point, I thought.
Yes, risking collisions. It will work for some time, and then create a
maintainance nightmare for his successors. :-)
Markus
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