Re: [SQL] Sequences... - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Peter T Mount
Subject Re: [SQL] Sequences...
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.3.96.980729102810.6410B-100000@maidast.retep.org.uk
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In response to Sequences...  (James Olin Oden <joden@lee.k12.nc.us>)
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On Mon, 27 Jul 1998, James Olin Oden wrote:

>
> I had a asked this question earlier and did not get a response, so here
> it is again.
>
> When implementing an "autoincrementing" field in several tables, is
> common practice to create sequence for each table, or is it OK to use
> just one sequence?  I know right off the bat that if there was a
> requirement that there be no holes in the key for a particualr table
> that one sequence over multiple tables (like in check register) would
> not do, but if this requirment is not there, would having one sequnence
> for all (provided your projected number of total records in all the
> tables is less than 4 billion)  tables be OK?

I don't see any problem there.

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