davidb@vectormath.com wrote:
>
> Hi Sheila,
>
> For general database design considerations (not specific to Postgres) I
> disagree with the others on the use of serials and sequences. These
> things never migrate well from platform to platform, they often break, and
> dealing with them is a nightmare if you ever have to do any bulk data
> copying.
> ID generation ought to be handled programmatically.
I'm ignorant of these problems with serials, but would like to
consider how to avoid them. Can you give examples of these 3 cases?
Cheers,
Ed Loehr