Re: [GENERAL] "Keyed" sequence?

2016-04-28 Thread Berend Tober
Adrian Klaver wrote: On 04/28/2016 11:48 AM, Israel Brewster wrote: On Apr 28, 2016, at 10:39 AM, Vik Fearing wrote: On 04/28/2016 08:30 PM, Israel Brewster wrote: This is probably crazy talk, but in Postgresql is there any way to have a "keyed" sequence? That is, I

Re: [GENERAL] "Keyed" sequence?

2016-04-28 Thread Israel Brewster
On Apr 28, 2016, at 11:21 AM, David G. Johnston wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 12:09 PM, Israel Brewster > wrote: > > > > > It'll kill your performance, but if aesthetics are that important to you... > >

Re: [GENERAL] "Keyed" sequence?

2016-04-28 Thread David G. Johnston
On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 12:09 PM, Israel Brewster wrote: > > > > > It'll kill your performance, but if aesthetics are that important to > you... > > They're not *that* important. I was just asking if there was a way to do > this easily. > ​While the performance argument

Re: [GENERAL] "Keyed" sequence?

2016-04-28 Thread Israel Brewster
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Re: [GENERAL] "Keyed" sequence?

2016-04-28 Thread Andreas Joseph Krogh
På torsdag 28. april 2016 kl. 20:30:20, skrev Israel Brewster < isr...@ravnalaska.net >: This is probably crazy talk, but in Postgresql is there any way to have a "keyed" sequence? That is, I have a table with a list of departments. While *relatively* static,

Re: [GENERAL] "Keyed" sequence?

2016-04-28 Thread Vik Fearing
On 04/28/2016 08:48 PM, Israel Brewster wrote: >> >> On Apr 28, 2016, at 10:39 AM, Vik Fearing wrote: >> >> What would be the point of this? Why not just one sequence for all >> departments? > > continuity and appearance, not to mention simple logical progression. In this

Re: [GENERAL] "Keyed" sequence?

2016-04-28 Thread John McKown
On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Israel Brewster wrote: > > > > On Apr 28, 2016, at 10:39 AM, Vik Fearing wrote: > > > > On 04/28/2016 08:30 PM, Israel Brewster wrote: > >> This is probably crazy talk, but in Postgresql is there any way to have > >> a

Re: [GENERAL] "Keyed" sequence?

2016-04-28 Thread Adrian Klaver
On 04/28/2016 11:48 AM, Israel Brewster wrote: On Apr 28, 2016, at 10:39 AM, Vik Fearing wrote: On 04/28/2016 08:30 PM, Israel Brewster wrote: This is probably crazy talk, but in Postgresql is there any way to have a "keyed" sequence? That is, I have a table with a list

Re: [GENERAL] "Keyed" sequence?

2016-04-28 Thread Israel Brewster
> > On Apr 28, 2016, at 10:39 AM, Vik Fearing wrote: > > On 04/28/2016 08:30 PM, Israel Brewster wrote: >> This is probably crazy talk, but in Postgresql is there any way to have >> a "keyed" sequence? That is, I have a table with a list of departments. >> While

Re: [GENERAL] "Keyed" sequence?

2016-04-28 Thread Vik Fearing
On 04/28/2016 08:30 PM, Israel Brewster wrote: > This is probably crazy talk, but in Postgresql is there any way to have > a "keyed" sequence? That is, I have a table with a list of departments. > While *relatively* static, technically speaking this is a dynamic list - > someone certainly could

[GENERAL] "Keyed" sequence?

2016-04-28 Thread Israel Brewster
This is probably crazy talk, but in Postgresql is there any way to have a "keyed" sequence? That is, I have a table with a list of departments. While *relatively* static, technically speaking this is a dynamic list - someone certainly could decide to add a department, or combine two departments