Keith Worthington wrote:
> alex wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is it possible to limit the size or the number of rows of table, in a
>> FIFO mode for example ??
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Al
>
>
> Hmmm, do you mean that every time a row is INSERTed that you want to
> delete the oldest row?
>
> How about a serial column and an AFTER INSERT trigger? The trigger
> could search for and delete the row with the smallest serial value.
> This could get real slow if your table is huge. If the volume is high
> enough then you will have to handle wrap around. You could simply
> write a script that would subtract the minimum value from all the rows
> when the serial reached the maximum.
>
Yes It may be the solution, look at the index some times and delete the
old ones ...
kind regards
Al