Subject Re: Change a PK field from text to autonumber
Author capitansigfrido
Thanks, works fine !

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Martijn Tonies"
<m.tonies@...> wrote:
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> Hello Diego,
>
> update mytable set id = gen_id(mygenerator, 1)
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> Hy, I need to change the PK in a table from string to numeric.
> A crated a new field called "id" and I made a new generator for this
> field.
>
> I have about 2k of records in this table. I usually use a code made
in
> VB to fill this new field with secuential numbers, and after that,
> activate the trigger to use the generator.
>
> Because I havenĀ“t much experience in SQL programing, I need for
someone
> to explain me how I can use a procedure to do that with SQL code.
> That is, update avery record of the field with a secuential number
for
> the field "id".
>
> Thanks
>
> Diego
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