Re: Theory ques: To autogenerate PK or not???????

Thanks. I have found sequences in postgres and it looks like it will do everything i need. for those interested, go to

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/user/sql-createsequence.htm

In article <R4vF5.121217$dZ2.54505642_at_news3.rdc1.on.home.com>,   "Pierre G. Boutquin" <boutquin_at_home.com> wrote:
> <jasondma_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message
 news:8s4lo0$iuk$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> > I have been pondering the question of whether or not to autogenerate
> > Primary keys or manage them using a key table for some time and I
 have
> > not been able to come to a satisfactory conclusion.
>
> MSSQL has _at__at_IDENTITY that solves the problem. I suspect other RDBMs
 have
> something similar, though I have *NO* experience whatsoever with
 PostgreSQL.
>
> <Pierre />
>
>

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