| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Brett W(dot) McCoy" <bmccoy(at)chapelperilous(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Postgres Users <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Auto Increment |
| Date: | 2000-12-27 04:59:41 |
| Message-ID: | 200012270459.XAA13597@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> On Tue, 26 Dec 2000 postgres(at)flipper(dot)webdevelop(dot)net wrote:
>
> > Is there a way set a primary key to Auto Increment like you can
> > with MySQL?
>
> See the documentation on CREATE SEQUENCE, and also on CREATE TABLE and the
> SERIAL type.
>
> [An aside: this is something definitely that qualifies as a frequently
> asked question, as this is like the 4th time in a week this question has
> been asked. Would posting a FAQ list on a regular basis to the list be
> helpful for things like this, like is done on the Perl newsgroups?]
>
I don't think so. Doesn't everyone know the location of the FAQ?
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