On 28 May 2005 10:25:48 -0400, Greg Stark <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Jaime Casanova <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > The only problem i have found until now is that
> > update v_foo set col1 = DEFAULT; execute nextval twice per every record.
> > so there will be a gasp between numbers, but AFAIK nextval has no
> guarantee
> > of returning sequential numbers.
>
> While there's no guarantee that strong there's still an expected behaviour.
> sequences generate sequential numbers and only skip in specific cases.
>
> I think this would still surprise and bother most users.
>
Certainly, i will look deeper in it.
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regards,
Jaime Casanova
(DBA: DataBase Aniquilator ;)
