Re: [SQL] Autogenerated Unique Index

Hi Trurl,

#CREATE SEQUENCE A_B_seq;
#CREATE TABLE A (
#       B int DEFAULT nextval('A_B_seq') NOT NULL,
#       C char(5),
#       PRIMARY KEY(B)
#);

I think the above is what I'm looking for....Thanks to All :-)

Trurl McByte wrote:

> On Tue, 7 Mar 2000 (Today), Antonio W. Lagnada wrote:
>
> Try "serial" macro-type off "id" field.
>
> #CREATE TABLE A (
> #       B serial,
> #       C char(5)
> #);
> NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence 'a_b_seq' for SERIAL column'a.b'
> NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE/UNIQUE will create implicit index 'a_b_key' for table 'a'
> CREATE
>
> Or make it by hand:
>
> #CREATE SEQUENCE A_B_seq;
> #CREATE TABLE A (
> #       B int DEFAULT nextval('A_B_seq') NOT NULL,
> #       C char(5),
> #       PRIMARY KEY(B)
> #);
> NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE/PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index 'a_pkey' for table'a'
> CREATE
>
>   AWL> Hi Andrzej,
>   AWL>
>   AWL> Does this mean that everytime I create a new record on the table, the field
>   AWL> "B" will be automatically incremented?
>   AWL>
>   AWL> - Antonio
>   AWL>
>   AWL> Andrzej Mazurkiewicz wrote:
>   AWL>
>   AWL> > cfmg_adm=> CREATE TABLE A (
>   AWL> > cfmg_adm(>        B int NOT NULL,
>   AWL> > cfmg_adm(>        C char(5),
>   AWL> > cfmg_adm(> PRIMARY KEY (B)
>   AWL> > cfmg_adm(> );
>   AWL> > NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE/PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index 'a_pkey' for
>   AWL> > table
>   AWL> > 'a'
>   AWL> > CREATE
>   AWL> > cfmg_adm=>
>   AWL> > Regards,
>   AWL> > Andrzej Mazurkiewicz
>   AWL> >
>   AWL> > > -----Original Message-----
>   AWL> > > From: Antonio W. Lagnada [SMTP:alagnada@lsil.com]
>   AWL> > > Sent: 7 marca 2000 14:41
>   AWL> > > To:   Pgsql-sql
>   AWL> > > Subject:      [SQL] Autogenerated Unique Index
>   AWL> > >
>   AWL> > > Can someone give me a step-by-step instructions on how to generate a
>   AWL> > > unique autogenerated index in PostgreSQL?
>   AWL> > >
>   AWL> > > --
>   AWL> > > Antonio W. Lagnada
>   AWL> > >
>   AWL> > >
>   AWL> > > 952.921.8533
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