> 4) Do a SELECT on each row that starts with "MikeChristensen" and then > trying to append the row count to the end, this might not be exact but > it's somewhat intelligent as a starting point. However, this might > require some special indexes on this table to quickly scan rows that > start with a certain name. However, if I get to the point where this > becomes slow then I can worry about it at that point since this would > only be run on new account creation and not super speed critical. >
CREATE TABLE test (a text PRIMARY KEY); INSERT INTO test (a) SELECT * FROM (SELECT 'MikeChristensen' || generate_series AS t FROM generate_series(1,10000)) x WHERE t NOT in (SELECT a FROM test) LIMIT 1 RETURNING *; Groeten, Arjen -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
