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auto increment

From
Marcos
Date:
hi,

    i am creating a table and i want to add an auto incrementable field

    is that correct?

psql ival << EOF
create table partes (
codigo int not null auto_increment,
usuario varchar(15),
fecha date,
proyecto varchar(30),
horas int4,
trabajo varchar(100),
observaciones varchar(90),
primary key(codigo));
EOF

how can i do it?

thanks in advance,

marcos

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Re: auto increment

From
"Oliver Elphick"
Date:
Marcos wrote:
  >hi,
  >
  >    i am creating a table and i want to add an auto incrementable field
  >
  >    is that correct?
  >
  >psql ival << EOF
  >create table partes (
  >codigo int not null auto_increment,
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

should be SERIAL

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Re: auto increment

From
"Martin A. Marques"
Date:
On Jue 09 Nov 2000 07:56, Marcos wrote:
> hi,
>
>     i am creating a table and i want to add an auto incrementable field
>
>     is that correct?
>
> psql ival << EOF
> create table partes (
> codigo int not null auto_increment,

WRONG. That is not ANSI-SQL. That is MySQL.
Define it as SERIAL, just like all the good database servers do.

> usuario varchar(15),
> fecha date,
> proyecto varchar(30),
> horas int4,
> trabajo varchar(100),
> observaciones varchar(90),
> primary key(codigo));
> EOF

Try to read the user manual for information on querys.

Saludos... :-)


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