Re: Auto Increment Questions

How is SERIAL not automatic?  Have you read the FAQ?

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Michael Avila wrote:
> I am currently working on a project that may be used throughout the United
> States. I have created the project database in MySQL but have been looking
> at Postgres due to it being completely free.  The application will be web
> based and the language with primarily be PHP.
>
> In MySQL there is the availability of an auto increment field. I need this
> type of field in several of the tables.  Looking in the archives, I see that
> there is a serial 8 filed that basically does the same thing. In MySQL, auto
> increment is just that - automatically incremented for each new record.
>
> In Postgres I see that it is not so automatic and is not truly
> serial/sequential. Reviewing my objectives, I don't think not being truly
> serial/sequential will be a problem.  However, I prefer the automated part
> versus my having to code additional lines and hits against the database.
>
> Questions:
>
> - Is there ever going to be a truly auto increment feature like MySQL has?
> If so, any ideas when?
>
> - What is the easiest, shortest, and safest way to code for serial?
>
> - Are there any pitfalls, gotchas that I need to know about using serial?
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Mike
>
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