On Thursday 04 March 2010 2:59:45 pm Terry wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>
wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> >> Terry <td3201@gmail.com> writes:
> >>> I am somewhat confused. My app is detecting it as a serial data type
> >>> but describing the table shows that its an integer. What am I
> >>> missing?
> >>>
> >>> dssystem=# \d clients_event_log
> >>> Table "public.clients_event_log"
> >>> Column | Type |
> >>> Modifiers
> >>> ----------------+-------------------------+----------------------------
> >>>--------------------------------------- ev_id | integer
> >>> | not null default
> >>> nextval('clients_event_log_ev_id_seq'::regclass)
> >>
> >> Nothing. "Serial" is nothing but a shorthand for an integer column
> >> with a default like that.
> >
> > And a dependency for the sequence on the column. I wonder if Terry's
> > application is sorting through dep info to make a bad decision...
>
> I am back to this particular problem. I found a workaround, that is
> very poor, which is to create a new table to present the column as an
> integer type rather than serial. What do you mean by a dependency?
> What is dependent on what? Are there any functions that would create
> a new column in the output as an integer type based on the value in
> another column?
The dependency is the sequence "clients_event_log_ev_id_seq". When you use the
serial type it creates an integer column with a dependency on the sequence.
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Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@gmail.com
