Re: Create on insert a unique random number

am Tue, dem 18.03.2008, um 12:03:31 -0500 mailte Campbell, Lance folgendes:
> I created the following table:
>
> create table xyz (
> n serial,
> abc character varying,
> constraint n_pkey primary key (n));
>
> Each time I do an insert:
>
> insert into xyz(abc) values('adf6');
>
> The field n is not random but is sequential. Is there something I
> should do to make the serial number random?

Why do you mean to need a random value? But you can use something like
md5(nextval('your_sequence')) as default. But i can't see an advantage.

>
>
> -----Original Message-----

Please, no top-posting. I'm reading from top to bottom.

Andreas
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