Обсуждение: Re: [HACKERS] DROPping tables with SERIALs
>>> Another question is whether a SERIAL field should automatically be>>> UNIQUE (ie, create a unique index on it to prevent mistakes in manual>>> insertion of values for the field).>>> Once again - I would like to see SERIAL compatible with>> SERIAL/IDENTYin other RDBMSes.>>Yes, and? What do the other ones do? In Informix you need to create the unique index explicitly. I like this because it keeps things flexible. The unique constraint could be on a compount key. Andreas
Zeugswetter Andreas IZ5 wrote: > > >>> Another question is whether a SERIAL field should automatically > be > >>> UNIQUE (ie, create a unique index on it to prevent mistakes in > manual > >>> insertion of values for the field). > > > >> Once again - I would like to see SERIAL compatible with > >> SERIAL/IDENTY in other RDBMSes. > > > >Yes, and? What do the other ones do? > > In Informix you need to create the unique index explicitly. I like this > because it keeps > things flexible. The unique constraint could be on a compount key. Agreed. Vadim