Re: Generating unique values for TEXT columns

Hi Frank

I use the following constructs to generate an objectid's in my database:

CREATE SEQUENCE public.tsfraction MAXVALUE 999999;

CREATE FUNCTION getobjectid() RETURNS text
AS '
select((select(to_char(current_timestamp, \'yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss\'))) || (select(to_char((nextval(\'tsfraction\')),\'-FM000000MI\')))) as return;
'
LANGUAGE 'sql';

CREATE TABLE public.object
(
objectid text NOT NULL DEFAULT getobjectid(),
-- other columns omited
CONSTRAINT pk_object PRIMARY KEY (objectid)
) WITH OIDS;

Groeten,

Joost Kraaijeveld
Askesis B.V.
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