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| author | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> | 2017-08-22 19:55:21 -0400 |
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| committer | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> | 2017-08-22 19:56:16 -0400 |
| commit | adce8912e63ade2ca5bba674fcbad860a73888fd (patch) | |
| tree | 929ca59902f6dec61e5e76b1cb1501726d22ddea | |
| parent | d34a74dd064af959acd9040446925d9d53dff15b (diff) | |
doc: Mention identity column feature in section on serial
Reported-by: Basil Bourque <basil.bourque@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml index 5f881a0b74b..512756df4af 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml @@ -837,6 +837,14 @@ FROM generate_series(-3.5, 3.5, 1) as x; <secondary>and serial type</secondary> </indexterm> + <note> + <para> + This section describes a PostgreSQL-specific way to create an + autoincrementing column. Another way is to use the SQL-standard + identity column feature, described at <xref linkend="sql-createtable">. + </para> + </note> + <para> The data types <type>smallserial</type>, <type>serial</type> and <type>bigserial</type> are not true types, but merely |