Re: auto-filling a field on insert

On Oct 21, 8:54 pm, da...@fetter.org (David Fetter) wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 07:17:44PM -0700, semi-ambivalent wrote:
> > If I have a table with fields A, B, C and D how could I do something
> > such that if I insert values in fields A, B and C field D would be
> > auto-filled with the value A||B||C? Just a pointer of where to begin
> > looking is fine. Triggers? Copy ... From? Table or field
> > definitions?
>
> Instead of populating your table with this extra information, create a
> VIEW with what you want in it.
>
> Cheers,
> David.
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At first blush that looks good but I need an index on that concatted
value and I don't seem to be able to index a field in a view. I'll
check the docs on views to see if I'm missing something.

thanks!

sa