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| author | Tom Lane | 2002-04-23 02:07:16 +0000 |
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| committer | Tom Lane | 2002-04-23 02:07:16 +0000 |
| commit | 0c1fe3d2b99a658b2fe03e27338e819b52357cf3 (patch) | |
| tree | 42198cbcc6ede7a854ff7d77e6b117c98337abf9 /doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml | |
| parent | 5dd1c713d063eb949039254f10defdc0c7d5f66d (diff) | |
Update SQL-command reference pages for schema features.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml | 17 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml index 1199ee4b64d..5df6618bfa8 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml,v 1.26 2002/04/21 19:02:39 thomas Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml,v 1.27 2002/04/23 02:07:16 tgl Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ CREATE [ TEMPORARY | TEMP ] SEQUENCE <replaceable class="parameter">seqname</rep If specified, the sequence object is created only for this session, and is automatically dropped on session exit. Existing permanent sequences with the same name are not visible - (in this session) while the temporary sequence exists. + (in this session) while the temporary sequence exists, unless + they are referenced with schema-qualified names. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ CREATE [ TEMPORARY | TEMP ] SEQUENCE <replaceable class="parameter">seqname</rep <term><replaceable class="parameter">seqname</replaceable></term> <listitem> <para> - The name of a sequence to be created. + The name (optionally schema-qualified) of a sequence to be created. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -229,6 +230,16 @@ ERROR: DefineSequence: MINVALUE (<replaceable class="parameter">min</replaceabl </para> <para> + If a schema name is given then the sequence is created in the + specified schema. Otherwise it is created in the current schema (the one + at the front of the search path; see <literal>CURRENT_SCHEMA()</>). + TEMP sequences exist in a special schema, so a schema name may not be + given when creating a TEMP sequence. + The sequence name must be distinct from the name of any other sequence, + table, index, or view in the same schema. + </para> + + <para> After a sequence is created, you use the functions <function>nextval</function>, <function>currval</function> and |