Re: [SQL] Autogenerated Unique Index

Hi Trurl,

#CREATE SEQUENCE A_B_seq;
#CREATE TABLE A (
# B int DEFAULT nextval('A_B_seq') NOT NULL,
# C char(5),
# PRIMARY KEY(B)
#);

I think the above is what I'm looking for....Thanks to All :-)

Trurl McByte wrote:

> On Tue, 7 Mar 2000 (Today), Antonio W. Lagnada wrote:
>
> Try "serial" macro-type off "id" field.
>
> #CREATE TABLE A (
> # B serial,
> # C char(5)
> #);
> NOTICE: CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence 'a_b_seq' for SERIAL column'a.b'
> NOTICE: CREATE TABLE/UNIQUE will create implicit index 'a_b_key' for table 'a'
> CREATE
>
> Or make it by hand:
>
> #CREATE SEQUENCE A_B_seq;
> #CREATE TABLE A (
> # B int DEFAULT nextval('A_B_seq') NOT NULL,
> # C char(5),
> # PRIMARY KEY(B)
> #);
> NOTICE: CREATE TABLE/PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index 'a_pkey' for table'a'
> CREATE
>
> AWL> Hi Andrzej,
> AWL>
> AWL> Does this mean that everytime I create a new record on the table, the field
> AWL> "B" will be automatically incremented?
> AWL>
> AWL> - Antonio
> AWL>
> AWL> Andrzej Mazurkiewicz wrote:
> AWL>
> AWL> > cfmg_adm=> CREATE TABLE A (
> AWL> > cfmg_adm(> B int NOT NULL,
> AWL> > cfmg_adm(> C char(5),
> AWL> > cfmg_adm(> PRIMARY KEY (B)
> AWL> > cfmg_adm(> );
> AWL> > NOTICE: CREATE TABLE/PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index 'a_pkey' for
> AWL> > table
> AWL> > 'a'
> AWL> > CREATE
> AWL> > cfmg_adm=>
> AWL> > Regards,
> AWL> > Andrzej Mazurkiewicz
> AWL> >
> AWL> > > -----Original Message-----
> AWL> > > From: Antonio W. Lagnada [SMTP:alagnada(at)lsil(dot)com]
> AWL> > > Sent: 7 marca 2000 14:41
> AWL> > > To: Pgsql-sql
> AWL> > > Subject: [SQL] Autogenerated Unique Index
> AWL> > >
> AWL> > > Can someone give me a step-by-step instructions on how to generate a
> AWL> > > unique autogenerated index in PostgreSQL?
> AWL> > >
> AWL> > > --
> AWL> > > Antonio W. Lagnada
> AWL> > >
> AWL> > >
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