It's the behavior I expect - but the gaps aren't acceptable.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gevik Babakhani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Bob Pawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Postgresql" <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] serial column
The SERIAL is always sequential. SERIAL internally creates a SEQUENCE
and *binds* it to your table. even if you delete a record and insert a
new one , the sequence will continue to increment. however there will be
gaps between the values.
Isn't this the behavior you expect?
On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 14:19 -0700, Bob Pawley wrote:
Yes
But the only way of insuring that the serial starts at 1 and is
sequential
is to recreate the table.
I've tried creating and dropping the table but this generates other
issues
which I haven't been able to resolve.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gevik Babakhani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Bob Pawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Postgresql" <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] serial column
> On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 13:50 -0700, Bob Pawley wrote:
>> I need to develop a serial column that always starts at 1 and is
>> sequential even after deletes.
>>
>> Any ideas???
>>
>
> Did you try the:
>
> create table tbl
> (
> id SERIAL
> );
>
> or even with primary key...
>
> create table tbl
> (
> id SERIAL primary key
> );
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Gevik Babakhani
>
>
>
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