On 20 Aug 2002 at 7:55, Aaron Held wrote: > I am importing a large number of records monthly using the \copy (from > text file)command. > > I would like to use a sequence as a unique row ID for display in my > app. > > Is there any way to let postgresql generate the sequence itself. > Currently the only way I can make it work is to grab the next seq > value and insert my own numbers into the file
Yes: create sequence mytable_id_seq; alter table mytable alter column id set default nextval('mycolumn_id_seq'::text); -- Dan Langille I'm looking for a computer job: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]