I will try...if it will be useless, I will quite. Then the only solution
will be make-table query based on nested pass-through query, so I will be
working on local JET tables that will be refreshed from server on each
session. But I would like to avoid local tables, if possible...
How do I create sequence ?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Stark" <gsstark@mit.edu>
To: "Zlatko Matic" <zlatko.matic1@sb.t-com.hr>
Cc: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>; <pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 7:11 AM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] [INTERFACES] calculated identity field in views,
again...
> "Zlatko Matic" <zlatko.matic1@sb.t-com.hr> writes:
>
>> In regular tables, I use bigserial field, but how can I create calculated
>> bigserial column in a view ?
>
> You would have to create a sequence and reference it with
> nextval('sequencename') in your view. But I doubt very much that it will
> do
> anything useful.
>
> It sounds like Access wants to be able to update records by looking them
> up by
> primary key. In that case assigning a new value in your view will make
> Postgres make up a brand new number that is utterly useless for finding
> the
> record again later.
>
> --
> greg
>
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