Re: Help with pre-loaded arbitrary key sequences - Mailing list pgsql-general

From James B. Byrne
Subject Re: Help with pre-loaded arbitrary key sequences
Date
Msg-id 61118.67.71.37.247.1200583161.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca
Whole thread Raw
In response to Re: Help with pre-loaded arbitrary key sequences  ("Scott Marlowe" <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Help with pre-loaded arbitrary key sequences
Re: Help with pre-loaded arbitrary key sequences
List pgsql-general
On Thu, January 17, 2008 10:15, Scott Marlowe wrote:
>
> If race conditions are a possible issue, you use a sequence and
> increment that until you get a number that isn't used.  That way two
> clients connecting at the same time can get different, available
> numbers.
>

That is close to the idea that I originally had.  I was simply wondering
if the built-in sequencer could handle this case or whether I need to roll
my own.

--
***          E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel          ***
James B. Byrne                mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca
Harte & Lyne Limited          http://www.harte-lyne.ca
9 Brockley Drive              vox: +1 905 561 1241
Hamilton, Ontario             fax: +1 905 561 0757
Canada  L8E 3C3


pgsql-general by date:

Previous
From: "Scott Marlowe"
Date:
Subject: Re: Help with pre-loaded arbitrary key sequences
Next
From: "Scott Marlowe"
Date:
Subject: Re: Help with pre-loaded arbitrary key sequences