CREATE TABLE epictable
(
mytable_key serial primary key,
moobars VARCHAR(40) not null,
foobars DATE
);
-- SERIAL keyword auto increments the value
CREATE TABLE Colleges (
college_id INT SERIAL,
college_code VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
college_name VARCHAR(50),
CONSTRAINT CollegePK PRIMARY KEY (college_id)
);
-- inserting record without college_id
INSERT INTO Colleges(college_code, college_name)
VALUES ("ARD13", "Star Public School");
ALTER TABLE temp ALTER COLUMN id
ADD GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY
TRUNCATE TABLE someTable RESTART IDENTITY;
CREATE SEQUENCE cateogry_id_seq;
ALTER TABLE category ALTER COLUMN category_id SET DEFAULT nextval('cateogry_id_seq');
By simply setting our id column as SERIAL with PRIMARY KEY attached, Postgres will handle all the complicated behind-the-scenes work and automatically increment our id column with a unique, primary key value for every INSERT .
CREATE SEQUENCE mytable_item_id_seq OWNED BY mytable. item_id;
ALTER TABLE mytable ALTER item_id SET DEFAULT nextval('mytable_item_id_seq');