Gapless sequences
Postgres FM · Nikolay Samokhvalov and Michael Christofides
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Show Notes
Nik and Michael discuss the concept of gapless sequences — when you might want one, why sequences in Postgres can have gaps, and an idea or two if you do want them.
And one quick clarification: changing the CACHE option in CREATE SEQUENCE can lead to even more gaps, the docs mention it explicitly.
Here are some links to things they mentioned:
- CREATE SEQUENCE https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-createsequence.html
- Sequence Manipulation Functions https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-sequence.html
- One, Two, Skip a Few (post by Pete Hamilton from Incident io) https://incident.io/blog/one-two-skip-a-few
- Postgres sequences can commit out-of-order (blog post by Anthony Accomazzo / Sequin) https://blog.sequinstream.com/postgres-sequences-can-commit-out-of-order
- Logical Replication of sequences (hackers thread) https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAA4eK1LC%2BKJiAkSrpE_NwvNdidw9F2os7GERUeSxSKv71gXysQ%40mail.gmail.com
- Synchronization of sequences to subscriber (patch entry in commitfest) https://commitfest.postgresql.org/patch/5111/
- Get or Create (episode with Haki Benita) https://postgres.fm/episodes/get-or-create
- German tank problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_tank_problem
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Postgres FM is produced by:
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- Nikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.ai
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