http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/04/20/sequences-and-surrogate-keys-in-generic-sql/ Stay curious! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:56:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/04/20/sequences-and-surrogate-keys-in-generic-sql/#comment-4867 osql Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:41:17 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=136#comment-4867 <p>I've already created the table, the column I want to have is a primary key number column, which has already got data inserted into it can you help? I want the number to be auto generated.</p> I’ve already created the table, the column I want to have is a primary key number column, which has already got data inserted into it can you help?
I want the number to be auto generated.

]]> http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/04/20/sequences-and-surrogate-keys-in-generic-sql/#comment-2151 Xaprb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:50:47 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=136#comment-2151 <p>Not that I can think of right away. To do that you have to number the rows you're inserting, and add an offset to make them begin at the largest number in the table. You could do this by <a href="/blog/2005/09/27/simulating-the-sql-row_number-function/" rel="nofollow">simulating the ROW_NUMBER function</a>, but it would be ugly at best.</p> Not that I can think of right away. To do that you have to number the rows you’re inserting, and add an offset to make them begin at the largest number in the table. You could do this by simulating the ROW_NUMBER function, but it would be ugly at best.

]]> http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/04/20/sequences-and-surrogate-keys-in-generic-sql/#comment-2150 Olle Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:25:11 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=136#comment-2150 <p>Is there a way to insert several rows at once and have the counter increment by one for each row? For instance "insert into t1log" with a select statement that returns several rows instead of one as in your example above?</p> Is there a way to insert several rows at once and have the counter increment by one for each row? For instance “insert into t1log” with a select statement that returns several rows instead of one as in your example above?

]]> http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/04/20/sequences-and-surrogate-keys-in-generic-sql/#comment-1665 Xaprb Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:39:31 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=136#comment-1665 <p>I know no way to do that. I suspect you have a serious flaw in your table design if you need this.</p> I know no way to do that. I suspect you have a serious flaw in your table design if you need this.

]]> http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/04/20/sequences-and-surrogate-keys-in-generic-sql/#comment-1662 rabin nayak Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:17:23 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=136#comment-1662 <p>How can I make two columns autoincrement simultaneously in a single table?</p> How can I make two columns autoincrement simultaneously in a single table?

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