Bill Moran <wmo...@potentialtech.com> writes:
> And yes, it's pretty much guaranteed to be slower than built in sequences, 
> with
> blocking when multiple threads want a sequence all at the same time.

It's also going to create a vacuum bottleneck unless the insert rate is
quite low, because each ID assignment will create another dead row in
the sequence management table.

> I'm rather concerned by the third column, as I'm not sure what his 
> implementation
> approach is, and I'm concerned that he's using a home-brewed locking mechanism
> instead of using table locks.

Indeed, that looks a bit scary/pointless.  You could at least use
SELECT FOR UPDATE to lock the rows.

                        regards, tom lane

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