On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 07:59:52PM -0400, Matthew Terenzio wrote: > I'm noticing that a sequence is advancing even if the insertion > fails. Is this weird or expected?
It's expected. Sequences are guaranteed to generate unique IDs. These happen to be an increasing sequence of integers, but there is no attempt to make this a gap-free sequence, and your apps should not depend on the actual value of said ID. HTH :) Cheers, D -- David Fetter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 510 893 6100 mobile: +1 415 235 3778 Remember to vote! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
