On Fri, 23 Jun 2000 felix@crowfix.com wrote:
> Ryan Kirkpatrick <pgsql@rkirkpat.net> writes:
>
> > number was next. But if it had holes in the sequence, then I would end up
> > wasting the sequential labels I had already printed. :(
>
> The only time you get a gap is when you abort a transaction or delete
> a record later. Your preprinted lables should be fine. And when you
> later get rid of some old equipment, you don't want to reuse the lable
> and number, do you? Sounds to me like sequences are exactly what you
> need.
But he doesn't want to waste his labels...
R.