Re: Suggested improvement : Adjust SEQUENCES to accept an INCREMENT of functionname(parameters) instead of an integer

On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Justin Clift wrote:

> i.e. CREATE SEQUENCE newseq INCREMENT trunc(random() * 10);

Didn't you ask this like 2 weeks ago?

I said it once, I'll say it again. Stop being lazy, and write a trigger.
The Postgres developers are *not* going to alter the core functionality of
their database to include something that has always been available.

http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?triggers.html

Read it, use it, love it.

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