Re: [SQL] Autogenerated Unique Index

Hi Andrzej,

>From reading the Users Guide, I came up with this example

# To create the table with the auto-incrementing index
CREATE TABLE customer ( id SERIAL, firstname VARCHAR(30), lastname VARCHAR(30)
);

# To insert
INSERT INTO customer VALUES ( NEXTVAL('id'),'John','Doe');
INSERT INTO customer VALUES ( NEXTVAL('id'),'Jane','Doe');

# This should create a record:

id firstname lastname
-- --------- --------
1 John Doe
2 Jane Doe

Am I correcto to assume all this?

-- Antonio

Andrzej Mazurkiewicz wrote:

> Sorry I have misunderstood your question. I automatically creates primary
> (it is more than unique) INDEX.
> I include an example from Postgres Users Manual - CREATE SERIAL section:
>
> CREATE SEQUENCE serial START 101;
>
>
> Select the next number from this sequence
>
> SELECT NEXTVAL ('serial');
>
> nextval
> -------
> 114
>
>
> Use this sequence in an INSERT:
>
> INSERT INTO distributors VALUES (NEXTVAL('serial'),'nothing');
>
>
> Set the sequence value after a COPY FROM:
>
> CREATE FUNCTION distributors_id_max() RETURNS INT4
> AS 'SELECT max(id) FROM distributors'
> LANGUAGE 'sql';
> BEGIN;
> COPY distributors FROM 'input_file';
> SELECT setval('serial', distributors_id_max());
> END;
>
>
> I hope it wiull help.
> Regards,
> Andrzej Mazurkiewicz
>
> andrzej(at)mazurkiewicz(dot)org
>
> www.mazurkiewicz.org
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Antonio W. Lagnada [SMTP:alagnada(at)lsil(dot)com]
> > Sent: 7 marca 2000 16:05
> > To: Andrzej Mazurkiewicz
> > Cc: Pgsql-sql
> > Subject: Re: [SQL] Autogenerated Unique Index
> >
> > Hi Andrzej,
> >
> > Does this mean that everytime I create a new record on the table, the
> > field
> > "B" will be automatically incremented?
> >
> > - Antonio
> >
> > Andrzej Mazurkiewicz wrote:
> >
> > > cfmg_adm=> CREATE TABLE A (
> > > cfmg_adm(> B int NOT NULL,
> > > cfmg_adm(> C char(5),
> > > cfmg_adm(> PRIMARY KEY (B)
> > > cfmg_adm(> );
> > > NOTICE: CREATE TABLE/PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index 'a_pkey'
> > for
> > > table
> > > 'a'
> > > CREATE
> > > cfmg_adm=>
> > > Regards,
> > > Andrzej Mazurkiewicz
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Antonio W. Lagnada [SMTP:alagnada(at)lsil(dot)com]
> > > > Sent: 7 marca 2000 14:41
> > > > To: Pgsql-sql
> > > > Subject: [SQL] Autogenerated Unique Index
> > > >
> > > > Can someone give me a step-by-step instructions on how to generate a
> > > > unique autogenerated index in PostgreSQL?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Antonio W. Lagnada
> > > >
> > > >
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