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authorBruce Momjian2003-11-19 16:50:48 +0000
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
- Last updated: Sat Nov 15 23:41:03 EST 2003
+ Last updated: Wed Nov 19 11:50:04 EST 2003
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
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4.15.1) How do I create a serial/auto-incrementing field?
- PostgreSQL supports a SERIAL data type. It auto-creates a sequence and
- index on the column. For example, this:
+ PostgreSQL supports a SERIAL data type. It auto-creates a sequence.
+ For example, this:
CREATE TABLE person (
id SERIAL,
name TEXT
@@ -892,7 +892,6 @@ BYTEA bytea variable-length byte array (null-byte safe)
id INT4 NOT NULL DEFAULT nextval('person_id_seq'),
name TEXT
);
- CREATE UNIQUE INDEX person_id_key ON person ( id );
See the create_sequence manual page for more information about
sequences. You can also use each row's OID field as a unique value.