On 26/07/2009 18:20, Clemens Eisserer wrote:
> What still puzzles me is how to get the sequence value applied.
> MySQL's auto_increment simply ignores whatever value is supplied to
> it, however postgres seems to insert the value instead of the next
> sequence value, if one is supplied:
That's because type SERIAL sets the column's *default* value to call
nextval() - so if you supply an explicit value, it will use that instead.
Ray.
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