On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Vipin Samtani wrote:
> How can I auto-increment numeric primary keys? So on a table called
> "Test1" with fields "ID" and "Name" when I do an INSERT, I only type
>
> INSERT INTO Test1 values ('Bob');
>
> instead of
>
> INSERT INTO Test1 values (1, 'Bob');
>
> Is this implemented in PostgreSQL 7?
You'll want to use the serial type:
CREATE TABLE Test1 (mykey SERIAL, Name varchar(10));
You will need to specify the fields when you insert:
INSERT INTO Test1(Name) Values('Bob');
However, take a look at using sequences (which is what the serial type
uses underneath). They can give you a good bit of flxibility in terms of
starting and ending numbers, amount of increment, and so on.
Brett W. McCoy
http://www.chapelperilous.net
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