Luis Dominguez <bcld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am now in the process of migrating a database from a driver > ms sql server 7.0 to postgresql 8.4 vesion but I have a problem > with the data type (timestamp) SQL Server 7.0 that refers to a > single binary field that is updated randomly by row, and this > field is paramount in my application for purposes of monitoring, > postgresql 8.4 now also have the same timestamp but refers to > other data (date + time), I investigated other types of data such > as (serial, uuid, xid, byte etc) in postgresql and not get > something just to replace it, I thought of a function that do > something similar but not yet tried, and of course I turn to you > to see if I can lend a hand with this rut that I have right now Did you consider creating a SEQUENCE used by a trigger on update or insert of a row? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/sql-createsequence.html -Kevin -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin