From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
Cc: | Zeugswetter Andreas SB <ZeugswetterA(at)wien(dot)spardat(dot)at>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: AW: Re: postgres TODO |
Date: | 2000-07-10 19:01:20 |
Message-ID: | 200007101901.PAA00567@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> actually, had thought about this too over the weekend ... if I define a
> 'serial' type, it right now creates a sequence for that ... if I recall
> correctly, that was purely a kludge until someone built a better 'serial'
> ...
>
> having an INSERT return the value of 'serial' that was used would save a
> second SELECT call *and* eliminate the requirement for an app programmer
> to have to know to do a 'SELECT curval('table_field_seq');' ...
Yes, I can imagine that the table_field_seq name is kind of flakey. It
will choose a different name if there is a conflict, so it is an chance
for failure.
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