CREATE SEQUENCE some_sequence start 1 increment 1;
CREATE TABLE person (
id int4 default nextval('some_sequence'),
name varchar(200),
description text);
INSERT INTO person VALUES(nextval('some_sequence'),'Jeremiah','not much');
or
INSERT INTO person(name,description) VALUES('Jeremiah','not much');
On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote:
> Could somebody tell me how I can make efficient use of sequences? I am
> familiar with Oracle's sequences and they usually work as the following
> example:
> INSERT INTO PERSON table(some_sequence.nextval,data,data,data);
>
> How do they work in postgreSQL?
>
> Roy
>
> --
> Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk - MCSE, CNE, CLS, ASE - <roy@christianianett.no>
> ChristianiaNett A/S, Akersgt. 11, 0158 OSLO, +47 2247 3100
> http://www.christianianett.no/ (norwegian)
>
>
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