I have been using postgresql for 8 years in web projects and ran into
a problem that I could not find a solution for in the archives or
through Google.
Here is a generalized example of what I want to happen. I have a
customers table, and an orders table. I would like for each customer
to have orders that start at 1 and move up sequentially. I realize
it's probably not efficient to create a new sequence for each
customer, so am looking for alternate ways to accomplish the same
thing. Below is an illustrated example of the outcome I would like. I
would also like similar functionality to a sequence so duplicate
order_id's are not generated. Please keep in mind that for what I am
developing, having each customer's orders start at 1 is more of a need
than a want.
Thank you.
Customers
customer_id customer_name
----------------------------------------------------------------
1 acme corp
2 hacker corp
3 dixie corp
Orders
order_id customer_id timestamp
----------------------------------------------------------------
1 1 2009-07-01 14:42
1 2 2009-07-01 14:43
2 2 2009-07-01 14:44
1 3 2009-07-01 14:44
2 1 2009-07-01 14:44
3 1 2009-07-01 14:44
