From: Martijn Tonies
Date: February 10 2005 3:57pm
Subject: Re: global object-id
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> is there a simple way (ie without creating and deleting datasets in an
> extra table) to use an auto_increment id field in several tables. no
> table has to have all ids, so i cannot use the field of a master table
> in childs. it seems one can use a sequence in postgresql in different
> tables. is it possible in a similar way?

"sequences" are separate objects used to generated, guess what,
sequential numbers. The actual usage of the numbers is undefined.

Auto-inc is auto-inc. Plain and simple. It's something related to
a column in a particular table. Each table can have it's own
"instance" of 1 (and only 1) auto-incrementing column.

Short answer: no.

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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