Hello what do you wont to do exactly?
you can try - create sequence s; postgres=# create sequence s; CREATE SEQUENCE postgres=# select to_char(current_date, 'yyyymmdd') || trim(to_char(nextval('s'), '0000')); ?column? -------------- 200811180002 (1 row) postgres=# select to_char(current_date, 'yyyymmdd') || trim(to_char(nextval('s'), '0000')); ?column? -------------- 200811180003 (1 row) regards Pavel Stehule 2008/11/18 mahmoud ewiwi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > hi gurus > i have a problem in generating serial number with the form yyyymm0000 how can > i do that? > > Mahmoud Al-Ewiwi > > Al-Mahawer > Hebron- Palestine > > > > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql > -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql