I'm currently using an Informix Innovator-C database with Aubit4GL and I
would like to migrate to PostgreSQL, it looks like the transition will not
be too difficult, however there is one feature that I would like added to
PostgreSQL.  Where is the best place to request a feature add?  With
Informix inserting a 0 into a serial column will auto increment the serial
value, MySQL also works this way.  With PostgreSQL I will need to do a lot
of code modification to my Aubit4GL programs, since I will need to either
insert with the key word default or omit the serial column in the insert
statement.  A typical insert with Aubit4GL looks like this:

create table table_name (link serial, col2 integer, col3 integer ....)
define var_rec record like table_name.*
let table_name.link = 0
insert into table_name values(var_rec.*)

As you can see, with Informix the serial column is set to 0 before the
insert, with PostgreSQL I will need to list all the columns and will not be
able to use the wildcard syntax, which supplies all the column names to the
insert.  Setting the serial column to null to auto increment would also
work for me.

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