On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 11:07:37 -0600 Bruno Wolff III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 11:10:12 -0000, > Filip Wuytack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is it possible to have a sequence (as a multirow prim key), where > > sequence (id) only increase per group of data (grp). > > Why do you want to do this? It would be a lot simpler to generate unique > values over the table and that will work just fine if all you need > is uniqueness.
Here's a case where what he said would come in handy: arranging a particular display order within the individual groups. You have the unique key for the entire table, but you need something like a serial restricted to just a group of rows. -- Ciprian Popovici ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
