Re: Is this a bug? (changing sequences in default value) - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Fernando Schapachnik
Subject Re: Is this a bug? (changing sequences in default value)
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Msg-id 20080513161603.GC1200@bal740r0.mecon.gov.ar
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In response to Re: Is this a bug? (changing sequences in default value)  ("Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure@gmail.com>)
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En un mensaje anterior, Merlin Moncure escribió:
> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Fernando Schapachnik
> <fernando@mecon.gov.ar> wrote:
> >  > > ALTER SEQUENCE name [ INCREMENT [ BY ] increment ]
> >  > >    [ MINVALUE minvalue | NO MINVALUE ] [ MAXVALUE maxvalue | NO
> >  > > MAXVALUE ]
> >  > >    [ RESTART [ WITH ] start ] [ CACHE cache ] [ [ NO ] CYCLE ]
> >  >
> >  > oop, you are using 8.1 :-).  This was added in a later version.  drop
> >  > sequence ... cascade should probably work.  you can try it out in a
> >  > transaction to be sure.
> >
> >  Thanks for your help, but cascade doesn't make a difference.
>
> What do you mean? PostgreSQL 8.1 has 'drop sequence cascade':
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/sql-dropsequence.html
>
> If this isn't working, can you paste the text of the error message?

Sorry I wasn't clear. I mean to say that the error message is the same
with or without cascade:

sso=# drop SEQUENCE table1_id_seq cascade;
ERROR:  cannot drop sequence table1_id_seq because table
ambitos column id requires it
HINT:  You may drop table table1 column id instead.

Thanks.

Fernando.

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