From: | <postgres(at)flipper(dot)webdevelop(dot)net> |
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To: | "Brett W(dot) McCoy" <bmccoy(at)chapelperilous(dot)net> |
Cc: | Postgres Users <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Auto Increment |
Date: | 2000-12-28 01:09:41 |
Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.20.0012271108150.7556-100000@flipper.webdevelop.net |
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I had looked everywhere to find the answer to this question. Now that I
look at the FAQ again I see it in there. I tryed searching the FAQ for
"auto increment" when it turns out to be "auto-increment" on the FAQs
page. Being a MySQL user who was dead ended and had no choice but to find
a new database with Transactions or something simliar because of MySQL's
limitations I had several questions that seemed difficult to find during
the switchover.
1. Auto increment - now serial datatype
2. 'SHOW TABLES' in mysql - now '\d' (I got lucky to stumble apon this.)
3. 'DESCRIBE' in mysql - now '\d tablename' (same as above.)
As more people realize MySQL's limitations I think there will be more
people making the switchover. As a result I'm sure many people find
themselves asking the same questions I did. I would recommend these 3
things be easy to find the the FAQ for MySQL familiar users.
My 2 cents...
On Tue, 26 Dec 2000, Brett W. McCoy wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Dec 2000 postgres(at)flipper(dot)webdevelop(dot)net wrote:
>
> > Is there a way set a primary key to Auto Increment like you can
> > with MySQL?
>
> See the documentation on CREATE SEQUENCE, and also on CREATE TABLE and the
> SERIAL type.
>
> [An aside: this is something definitely that qualifies as a frequently
> asked question, as this is like the 4th time in a week this question has
> been asked. Would posting a FAQ list on a regular basis to the list be
> helpful for things like this, like is done on the Perl newsgroups?]
>
> -- Brett
> http://www.chapelperilous.net/~bmccoy/
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Hanson's Treatment of Time:
> There are never enough hours in a day, but always too many days
> before Saturday.
>
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