Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> writes:
> If you just want to store numbers, use numeric. Why do you want to
> combine numeric and a sequence?
He could use a numeric column and write the default as
nextval('seq')::numeric
Of course, he'll be paying through the nose performance-wise for
his insistence on not fixing his Oracle-centric data representation,
but if programmer time is cheaper than machine time then maybe it's
the right tradeoff.
regards, tom lane
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