Thank you it was pretty much something like that. I need to make a sale
table but the sale code is a random number. Since it is going to be used in
all queries and it is unique, it might as well be my table key (index). I
could make a index and other field to be the sale code but then I would h
Bernardo de Barros Franco writes:
> Hello, I was wondering if noone can help me maybe someone could at least
> give me some directions where to look for info or where to ask:
> I wanted to index a table by a random key.
As others have pointed out, making a unique random primary key is
tough. What
On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 10:58:40PM -0300, Bernardo de Barros Franco wrote:
> I wanted to index a table by a random key. Exemplifying, when a insert is
> made, the id value is automatically filled with a random number between
> 1 and 9. I'm pretty new in pgsql so I could use a howto or
Bernardo de Barros Franco writes:
> But my only question would be, in the example quoted would id be really the
> table index and is it unique?
Making unique *and* random numbers is a pretty complex (and slow) thing to
do in general. Consider redesigning your application.
>
> Thank you
>
> Quo
Bernardo de Barros Franco writes:
> I wanted to index a table by a random key. Exemplifying, when a insert is
> made, the id value is automatically filled with a random number between
> 1 and 9.
=> create table test (id int default random() * 8 + 1, content text);
CREATE
=> inser
Hello, I was wondering if noone can help me maybe someone could at least
give me some directions where to look for info or where to ask:
I wanted to index a table by a random key. Exemplifying, when a insert is
made, the id value is automatically filled with a random number between
1 and 9
