Re: Unique identifiers

Posted in 1996

"Malcolm Weallans" — Tue, 8 Oct 1996 16:44:15 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Use a SERIAL datatype in the database. The stores database does this when adding customers, orders. > Hi there! > > Does Informix have a built-in function to generate unique ID-numbers? I > need to be sure that I get a different number each time I call the > function, because the values are to be entered into a column with an > unique index. > > Christian Hoj > SAXoTECH > Denmark Malcolm Weallans Online Database Consultancy Phone 01628-72154 Fax 01628-37463 CIX - onlinedbc