Re: automatic creation of oid

Am Samstag, 1. März 2003 00:45 schrieben Sie:
> On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 20:10, Detlef Jockheck wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm new to postgresql. How can automatically create unique object
> > identifyer during insertion of new data. I 've seen that a can use a
> > sequence, but I think there must be another way?
>
> Why must there? Using a sequence is the correct way to do it. To
> automate the process, declare a column of SERIAL type. (SERIAL is
> shorthand for creating a sequence and attaching it to the column's
> default.)
Hi Oliver,

Yes! Thats what I was looking for. I've seen it in the documentation but
could'nt remember how it works. Thanks for the tip :-)

ciao
Detlef

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