From 022da0ed7af50d532f41da0716d5a4053ddf3ca6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:50:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] SERIAL no longer creates an index by default, as of 7.3.
---
doc/FAQ | 7 +++----
doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html | 5 ++---
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/FAQ b/doc/FAQ
index 6dcad1c006d..e532946aa8f 100644
--- a/doc/FAQ
+++ b/doc/FAQ
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
- Last updated: Sat Nov 15 23:41:03 EST 2003
+ Last updated: Wed Nov 19 11:50:04 EST 2003
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
@@ -879,8 +879,8 @@ BYTEA bytea variable-length byte array (null-byte safe)
4.15.1) How do I create a serial/auto-incrementing field?
- PostgreSQL supports a SERIAL data type. It auto-creates a sequence and
- index on the column. For example, this:
+ PostgreSQL supports a SERIAL data type. It auto-creates a sequence.
+ For example, this:
CREATE TABLE person (
id SERIAL,
name TEXT
@@ -892,7 +892,6 @@ BYTEA bytea variable-length byte array (null-byte safe)
id INT4 NOT NULL DEFAULT nextval('person_id_seq'),
name TEXT
);
- CREATE UNIQUE INDEX person_id_key ON person ( id );
See the create_sequence manual page for more information about
sequences. You can also use each row's OID field as a unique value.
diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
index 52b11dd0eb5..52a16464909 100644
--- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
+++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
alink="#0000ff">
<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
- <P>Last updated: Sat Nov 15 23:41:03 EST 2003</P>
+ <P>Last updated: Wed Nov 19 11:50:04 EST 2003</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR>
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ BYTEA bytea variable-length byte array (null-byte safe)
serial/auto-incrementing field?</H4>
<P>PostgreSQL supports a <SMALL>SERIAL</SMALL> data type. It
- auto-creates a sequence and index on the column. For example,
+ auto-creates a sequence. For example,
this:</P>
<PRE>
CREATE TABLE person (
@@ -1118,7 +1118,6 @@ BYTEA bytea variable-length byte array (null-byte safe)
id INT4 NOT NULL DEFAULT nextval('person_id_seq'),
name TEXT
);
- CREATE UNIQUE INDEX person_id_key ON person ( id );
</PRE>
See the <I>create_sequence</I> manual page for more information
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