Re: syncing a serial across tables - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Volkan YAZICI
Subject Re: syncing a serial across tables
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Msg-id 7104a737050512110218bb26c@mail.gmail.com
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In response to syncing a serial across tables  ("Keith Worthington" <keithw@narrowpathinc.com>)
Responses Re: syncing a serial across tables  (Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to>)
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Hi,

On 5/12/05, Keith Worthington <keithw@narrowpathinc.com> wrote:
> I believe I need to use a serial column in two tables and keep then synched.
> I am thinking that I could use an AFTER INSERT trigger and INSERT currval()
> into the second table to keep them synched.  Has anyone done this before?  Is
> this a bad idea?

If both columns in both table will have the same value, why don't you
just reference one to another? This will keep synchorization
automaticly.

Regards.

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