Re: [HACKERS] DROPping tables with SERIALs

> The SERIAL data type is not automatically a unique column. 
> You must apply a unique index to this column to prevent 
> duplicate serial numbers. If you use the interactive schema 
> editor in DB-Access to define the table, a unique index is 
> applied automatically to a SERIAL column.
> 
> http://www.informix.com/answers/english/pdf_docs/gn7382/4366.pdf
> 
> You can specify a nonzero value for a serial column 
> (as long as it does not duplicate any existing value in that column), ...
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> ?!!!

You can assign a value to a serial column, as long as it is unique.


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