Re: Using CTID system column as a "temporary" primary key
Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
From: Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
To: Sebastien Flaesch <sebastien.flaesch@4js.com>,
Kirk Wolak <wolakk@gmail.com>
Cc: Geoff Winkless <pgsqladmin@geoff.dj>,
pgsql-general <pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2023-03-29T19:23:32Z
Lists: pgsql-general
On 3/29/23 12:11, Sebastien Flaesch wrote:
> Oh the use of default keyword is new to me, thanks for that.
>
> But to make PostgreSQL more Informix-compatible, zero should have been
> considered as well.
>
1) Why? Down the road to compatibility with some undetermined group of
databases lies mayhem.
2) 0 can be a valid sequence value:
test(5432)=# create sequence zero_test start 0 minvalue 0;
CREATE SEQUENCE
test(5432)=# select * from zero_test ;
last_value | log_cnt | is_called
------------+---------+-----------
0 | 0 | f
Then what do you do?
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Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@aklaver.com