Yes, in PostgrSQL you would create an integer column and assign a
sequence to it. I don't know for sure but I expect that you cam do
something similar with other databases. I was wondering if this had
been abstracted away in ar

On Wednesday, 13 July 2011, Tim Shaffer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Not quite. The id column is just an integer column.
>
> On MySQL, the id column is an integer column with auto_increment set.
>
> On PostgreSQL, it's still an integer column, but rails also attaches a 
> sequence object to it.
>
> Are you just looking to create another integer column that is auto 
> incremented?
>
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