El Vie 12 Sep 2003 16:22, Duffey, Kevin escribió: > I don't know if jdbc/java code requires this, but when I use two gui admin > tools I found, and I insert a row into the table using their row editor > feature, both require me to enter a number for the Serial type. I thought > this type was used to auto-increment an id field and that I would not need > to enter anything into it? Basically we need the normal indexed ID field > for each table, and we want it to auto-increment. The serial shows a > function of nextVal() or something like that, so I assume it > auto-increments, and it shows unique and not-null. Can someone explain how > serial is used, why would I still need to pass a value for it?
You have to take it off the insert list of columns. id serial name varchar(30) You would do: INSERT INTO table (name) VALUES ('Martín') and the id value would be taken as the dafault, which is the next value of the sequence. -- Porqué usar una base de datos relacional cualquiera, si podés usar PostgreSQL? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Martín Marqués | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Programador, Administrador, DBA | Centro de Telematica Universidad Nacional del Litoral ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster