CREATE SEQUENCE some_sequence start 1 increment 1; CREATE TABLE person ( id int4 default nextval('some_sequence'), name varchar(200), description text); INSERT INTO person VALUES(nextval('some_sequence'),'Jeremiah','not much'); or INSERT INTO person(name,description) VALUES('Jeremiah','not much'); On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: > Could somebody tell me how I can make efficient use of sequences? I am > familiar with Oracle's sequences and they usually work as the following > example: > INSERT INTO PERSON table(some_sequence.nextval,data,data,data); > > How do they work in postgreSQL? > > Roy > > -- > Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk - MCSE, CNE, CLS, ASE - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ChristianiaNett A/S, Akersgt. 11, 0158 OSLO, +47 2247 3100 > http://www.christianianett.no/ (norwegian) > >
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