Re: Integrating the field auto-increment - Mailing list pgsql-general

From scott.marlowe
Subject Re: Integrating the field auto-increment
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.33.0308010938260.29728-100000@css120.ihs.com
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In response to Re: Integrating the field auto-increment  (Dave Cramer <Dave@micro-automation.net>)
List pgsql-general
On 1 Aug 2003, Dave Cramer wrote:

> create table foo ( id serial )

Note that as of 7.3, the serial type is no longer declared unique, so you
may want to add that keyword to your declaration nowadays if you also want
a unique index constraint:

create table foo (id serial unique);

>
> Dave
> On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 11:07, thomas.mathes@tmnd.de wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > How can I implement an integer field with the autoincrement option ?
> > That means I want to have a field, where every row has different values
> > (unique) but this values should be generated automatically.
> > Every new row has a new value, which is 1 higher than the old one.
> >
> > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ?
> >
> >                http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html
> >
>


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