am Wed, dem 23.07.2008, um 19:18:15 +0930 mailte admin folgendes: > 1. Is a SEQUENCE what I use instead of auto_increment? Yes. > > 2. Does this work in PostgreSQL: > > INSERT INTO table VALUES ('x','y','z') > > or do I need to do this > > INSERT INTO table (fld_x,fld_y,fld_z) VALUES ('x','y','z') Both worked, but it is better to list the columns. If you change later the table-design, the first (without column-list) insert fails. > > ? > > 3. Does this work in PostgreSQL: > > INSERT INTO table VALUES ('','y','z') > > where the empty first item is intended for an auto_increment/SEQUENCE id > field? > If not, what is an alternative? Use 'default' instead (without the ') or omit this column in the column-list. HTH, Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47150, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header) GnuPG-ID: 0x3FFF606C, privat 0x7F4584DA http://wwwkeys.de.pgp.net