Junkone wrote:
> HI
> I have a simple table created using PGAdmin III. How do i do a auto
> numbering on a column SYMBOL_ID?
> My table is
> CREATE TABLE "SYMBOL"
> (
> "SYMBOL_ID" int4 NOT NULL,
> "SYMBOL2EXCHANGE" int2 NOT NULL,
> "SYMBOL_ALIAS" text[],
> "RELATED_SYMBOLS_OTHER_EXCHANGES" int8[],
> "SYMBOL_NAME" text,
> "COMPANY_NAME" text,
> "SYMBOL2SECTOR" int2,
> "SYMBOL2INDUSTRY" int4,
> "STOCK_SUMMARY" text
> )
>
If you can, the easy way is to recreate the table using a serial
datatype instead of int4.
See the docs at
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/datatype.html#DATATYPE-SERIAL
Otherwise this also shows the long way to do it.
HTH,
Brent Wood
