Re: pg_dump bug in 7.3.9 with sequences - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pg_dump bug in 7.3.9 with sequences
Date
Msg-id 3178.1107462766@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: pg_dump bug in 7.3.9 with sequences  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: pg_dump bug in 7.3.9 with sequences  (Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> Wouldn't a lot of this be solved (I know I am over simplyfing) by making
> serial a real type?

Not that I can see.  You still have to get the sequence object from
someplace, and having it be a distinct datatype is zero help for finding
a column-specific sequence.
        regards, tom lane


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