Re: Using Random Sequence as Key

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
> 10000 and 99999. I'm pretty new in pgsql so I could use a howto or
Bernardo,
Do you really need the keys to be random numbers? Can't the keys be
sequential numbers, like 1,2,3,4...? That'd be a lot easier to make
unique, and as far as the user is concerned, it'll be random for him/her.-Roberto
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