Re: primary key and insert

Create a sequence and use the sequence in your insert statement.

On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 15:27 -0800, Marc Fromm wrote:
> I created this table:
> Column | Type | Modifiers
> ------------+------------------------+------------------------
> first_name | character varying(20) |
> last_name | character varying(30) |
> w_number | character varying(9) |
> alert | character varying(200) |
> post_date | date |
> id | integer | not null
> Indexes:
> "alert_list_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id)
>
> I get this error when I run the insert a listed below. The insert does
> not have an entry for the primary key "id" since I thought it updates
> automatically:
> Warning: pg_query() [function.pg-query]: Query failed: ERROR: null
> value in column "id" violates not-null constraint
>
> $sql = "INSERT INTO alert_list (
> w_number,
> first_name,
> last_name,
> alert,
> post_date
> )
> VALUES (
> '$txtStudentNumber',
> '$txtStudentFirstName',
> '$txtStudentLastName',
> '$txtStudentAlert',
> 'now()'
> )";
>
> How do I do an insert on this table and have the primary key "id"
> update with the record?
>
> thanks
>
> Marc

Thanks & Regards,

Suresh Borse
(DBA)
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