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Having a table with a columnn ID as primary key, and a column MyNumber that contains integers defined by the sequence myUniqueSequence. I would like to define myUniqueSequence in PostgreSQL that will return the next free and unique number for the column MyNumber.
This means, the next time a new row is created programatically will start by number 1, if it’s free it will use it for the column myNumber, if not, it tries with 2 and so on.
Use the
serialdata type for your column (instead of your own sequence):http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/datatype-numeric.html#DATATYPE-SERIAL