[Catalyst] How to update row in Postgres when SERIAL PRIMARY KEY?

Matt S Trout dbix-class at trout.me.uk
Tue Jul 4 21:27:42 CEST 2006


Dennis Daupert wrote:
> I know how in mysql, but still new to postgresql, trying to learn. In 
> mysql, when there's an autoincremented integer primary key, you don't 
> mention that field on inserts; it just gets handled. In postgresql, when 
> I try that, he complains. Also complains if I try to set id to '', 
> 'undef', 'DEFAULT', and various other tries.

Don't set it to anything, or set it to undef().

Make sure you loaded PK::Auto if you need autoincremented primary key support 
in a DBIC result class.

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