Re: [INTERFACES] calculated identity field in views, again...

From: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>
To: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
Cc: Zlatko Matic <zlatko(dot)matic1(at)sb(dot)t-com(dot)hr>, Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] calculated identity field in views, again...
Date: 2005-05-04 15:47:12
Message-ID: 87vf5zuh6n.fsf@stark.xeocode.com
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Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to> writes:

> > How do I create sequence ?
>
> You can't create a sequence for a view. You would need to have it in a
> table that is joined as part of the view.

Sure you can. You can have any expression you want, including nextval('seq')
in your view. The problem is that every time you query it it will provide
different numbers. I can't see that being useful.

--
greg

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