Re: Skipping numbers in a sequence.

On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 04:07:25AM -0600, some SMTP stream spewed forth:
> On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 09:59:17PM +1300, some SMTP stream spewed forth:
> > GH wrote:
> > > Hello all.
> > > It's like this. ;-)
> > > I have a table with a column that has a default nextval('sequence').
> > > The sequence is a standard increment 1 cycle sequence.
> > > What happens when
> > >         the sequence wraps after inserting the
> > >                 2-million-and-whatever-th row

*snippity snip snip*

> >
> > I usually leave the sequence to error at 4 billion, and if that hits me
> > before the heat-death of the universe I will sort it out then :-)

Hell, do you suppose I could just set the column to float8 and let the
sequence run for the next several years? I would be happy if the sequence
buys me 3 or more years. ;-)
(Just get me to Morrocco, baby. ;-))

There would not be any problems with a sequence as high as max(float8), would
there?

> I was thinking about something like that.
> This table is used in such a way that each row corresponds to one item
> in an order. So, I suppose I need to guesstimate the likely-hood that
> a company would sell (or have-shopped) n items.
>
> I just have that icky feeling that some day the sequence will roll over
> and hell with come after my ass. ;-))
>

Thanks.

gh

>
>
> >
> > Cheers,
> >                     Andrew.
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