| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Ralf Miller <rm(at)topnet(dot)de> |
| Cc: | <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: probably a bug of data-type serial |
| Date: | 2001-10-15 19:28:52 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.30.0110152112290.631-100000@peter.localdomain |
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Ralf Miller writes:
> The example shows that the column number of type serial is incremented
> as if the preceding insert-statement was successfull, even if it was
> not.
The serial type does not provide consecutive numbers, only unique ones.
> The SEQUENCE corresponding to a column of type serial is not beeing
> droped automatically when the table containing the serial-column is
> droped. Does it make sense to store a sequence without a corresponding
> table ?
Possibly you want to use it for more than one table.
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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter
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