Marcel,
A sequence represents a unique identifier. You can call the function
'nextval' to get the next unique value in the sequence. See related
functions here:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/functions-sequence.html
In this code, I get the next sequence, insert it into a table, and
then return the value to the calling function:
DECLARE
nextseq integer;
BEGIN
nextseq := nextval('entry_id_seq');
INSERT INTO my_table (
entry_id,
entry_text,
) VALUES (
nextseq,
p_entry_text, -- input param
);
On 4/4/07, Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
marcel.beutner wrote:
> I've searched in the groups already, but couldn't find any helpful
> information - only to use a sequence, which returns just a number and
> not a unique identifier.
Which properties do your unique identifiers posses that are not
satisfied by a number returned by a sequence?
--
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
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