Re: Reuse serial numbers?

am  Thu, dem 27.03.2008, um  9:36:57 +0000 mailte A B folgendes:
> Hello.
> I have a table
> create table TBL (a serial, b integer, c integer, unique(b,c));
>
> so I for each combination of b,c get an unique number a.
>
> Now, if the table is filled and I remove some rows, so there is a gap
> in the a numbers. Is there a way to reuse the "free" serial numbers?
>
> I don't feel like writing a script to select all numbers and do some
> searching for free numbers.

Why do you think you need the numbers?

Normally, you don't need this, a sequence can produce sufficient
numbers.

If you really need this behavior:
http://www.varlena.com/GeneralBits/130.php


Regards, Andreas
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