>-----Original Message----- >From: pgsql-performance-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >We use a typical counter within a transaction to generate >order sequence number and update the next sequence number. >This is a simple next counter - nothing fancy about it. When >multiple clients are concurrently accessing this table and >updating it, under extermely heavy loads in the system (stress >testing), we find that the same order number is being >generated for multiple clients. Could this be a bug? Is there >a workaround? Please let me know. Are you using "for update" in your select statements? Are you setting an appropriate transaction isolation level? A better way to do this is with a sequence instead. This is guaranteed to give you a unique value: select nextval('address_serial_num_seq'); eric -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general