On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> I claim this is a common class, since sequence next_val functions and >> uuid generators meet that criteria and most common forms of auditing >> trigger, as well as any other form of data-reformatting trigger. > > I don't believe that it's a good idea to consider nextval() to be > reorderable, so I'm not convinced by your argument here.
Why not? I admit that I can't convince myself that it's safe. But I can't think of a concrete example where it breaks anything, either. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers