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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: IS it a good practice to use SERIAL as Primary Key?
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In response to IS it a good practice to use SERIAL as Primary Key?  ("carter ck" <carterck32@hotmail.com>)
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"carter ck" <carterck32@hotmail.com> writes:
> I am wonderring if it is a good practice to use SERIAL index as primary key,
> as it is only available up to 9999999?

Where in the world did you get that idea?

SERIAL goes up to 2^31 (2 billion); if you need more use BIGSERIAL.

            regards, tom lane

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