Re: Postgres 8.4 view keys

From: "A(dot) Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com>
To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Postgres 8.4 view keys
Date: 2010-04-12 12:30:07
Message-ID: 20100412123007.GC20901@a-kretschmer.de
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In response to Thomas Kellerer :
> A. Kretschmer, 12.04.2010 13:52:
> >In response to richard terry :
> >>I wondered if postges could some how auto-generate a unique view key?
> >
> >What do you mean with a 'unique view key'?
> >
> >I'm not sure, but maybe you are searching for SERIAL (a datatype)
>
> Or row_number()

Hey, maybe you are right ;-)

But row_number() isn't always unique: only if it works over the whole
result set and not over multiple windows.

Andreas
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