On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 2:44 PM, gvim <gvimrc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:I'm migrating a database from MySQL and need to keep the original `id` column (AUTO_INCREMENT) intact so my plan is to create an simple integer `id` column, import the data then convert the new `id` column to a SEQUENCE. Is this possible/the best solution? Maybe a migration utility would be better? Suggestions?
Try using SERIAL datatype.
I guess I misread it... use the following:
- Import all the data into say an integer column.
- Now create a sequence and give it a start value of where your import ended.
- Make the default value for the column using the new sequence.
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