Re: Auto increment

create sequence(foo_sequence);

create table foo (mysequence int not null default nextval('foo_sequence'),
somedata text);

See "create sequence" for options like start value and step. Note: sequences
are used to create unique values - not to create sequences without gaps. A
sequence number grabbed in a transaction that is rolled back will leave the
sequence incremented.

Cheers,
Steve




On Tuesday 27 May 2003 10:37 am, Fontenot, Paul wrote:
> When creating a table how do you make an auto incrementing field? I'm
> using:
>
> Create table hosts (
>     id int not null unique primary key,
>     ip char(16),
>     hostname text
> );
>
> Is there a way to make the host.id field automagicaly increment?
>
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