Re: Global Sequences

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Global Sequences
Date: 2012-10-18 15:43:07
Message-ID: CA+U5nMKo_nUNUqrfe+QmGWbt-eEUOUhS3sUtDPS_XCNJV84PCA@mail.gmail.com
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On 18 October 2012 16:15, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> But I'd want to see a pretty
> bulletproof argument why overriding *only* nextval is sufficient
> (and always will be) before accepting a hook for just nextval. If we
> build an equivalent amount of functionality piecemeal it's going to
> be a lot uglier than if we recognize we need this type of concept
> up front.

We discussed that we need only nextval() and setval() elsewhere, but
adding others is fairly cheap so we can chew on that when we have a
patch to discuss.

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Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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