If you use a serial datatype, it simply says the *default* behavior is
to use the next value of sequence a. So you can insert 1, 2,
10,204,492 into the column just fine. However, by inserting data into
something you want to auto-increment, you can run into non-uniqueness.
(Like you were).
On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 12:10:31AM -0700, Chad N. Tindel wrote:
I tried doing numerous searches to see if this has been discussed before,
but I couldn't find anything. If it has, perhaps my question can be
answered simply by a pointer to a previous thread.
I'm trying to convert a program
drop table A;
create table A (
id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
foo int default 5,
bar int default 10
);
insert into A (id, foo, bar) values (1, 1, 1);
insert into A (id, foo, bar) values (2, 2, 2);
insert into A (id, foo, bar) values (3, 3, 3);
insert into A (id, foo, bar)
