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From: Bud P. B. <bu...@si...> - 2003-05-14 17:05:01
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And the answer to my second question: A global (db-wide) SEQUENCE is possible. I made a mistake and didn't give the column type as bigint... --b On Wed, 14 May 2003 18:47:56 +0200 "Bud P. Bruegger" <bu...@si...> wrote: > On the first issue, I just verified and PostgreSQL 7.3 also drops the > sequence when dropping the table. > > On Wed, 14 May 2003 18:43:17 +0200 > "Bud P. Bruegger" <bu...@si...> wrote: > > > I would like to bring up two Postgres questions/issues: > > > > Q1: Table Dropping and left-over sequences: > > -------------------------------------------- > > > > I found the following > > > > <quote src=http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/tim20000705.php3:> > > At this point, I ran into another small issue with Postgres - its > > "serial" data type (the equivalent of MySQL's auto_increment) creates > > a "sequence" which does not get dropped when its parent table is > > dropped. So if you try to re-create the table, you'll get a name > > conflict for this sequence. A lot of new users would be confused by > > this, so Postgres loses a couple points for that. Also, MySQL is > > "smart" enough to increment its auto_increment value when you import > > data, whereas Postgres' sequence does not get reset when you import > > data, causing all new inserts to fail. > > </quote> > > > > Does that mean that the dropTable method of SQLObject should also drop > > the sequences? > > > > Q2: Global sequence possible? > > ----------------------------- > > > > I was thinking of having IDs that are unique across tables--something > > useful when thinking of implementing inheritance etc. So I tried to > > create a global sequence and have the id columns of several tables use > > it for their default values (DEFAULT nextval('global_oid_seq')). But > > that seems to fail. Can there be only a single column (of a single > > table) associated with a sequence??? > > > > many thanks > > > > --b > > > > /----------------------------------------------------------------- > > | Bud P. Bruegger, Ph.D. > > | Sistema (www.sistema.it) > > | Via U. Bassi, 54 > > | 58100 Grosseto, Italy > > | +39-0564-411682 (voice and fax) > > \----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Enterprise Linux Forum Conference & Expo, June 4-6, 2003, Santa Clara > > The only event dedicated to issues related to Linux enterprise solutions > > www.enterpriselinuxforum.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > sqlobject-discuss mailing list > > sql...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sqlobject-discuss > > > > > /----------------------------------------------------------------- > | Bud P. Bruegger, Ph.D. > | Sistema (www.sistema.it) > | Via U. Bassi, 54 > | 58100 Grosseto, Italy > | +39-0564-411682 (voice and fax) > \----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Enterprise Linux Forum Conference & Expo, June 4-6, 2003, Santa Clara > The only event dedicated to issues related to Linux enterprise solutions > www.enterpriselinuxforum.com > > _______________________________________________ > sqlobject-discuss mailing list > sql...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sqlobject-discuss > /----------------------------------------------------------------- | Bud P. Bruegger, Ph.D. | Sistema (www.sistema.it) | Via U. Bassi, 54 | 58100 Grosseto, Italy | +39-0564-411682 (voice and fax) \----------------------------------------------------------------- |
