Re: Weirdess when altering serial column type - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

>>Should that sequence really stick around as an integer, numeric and text 
>>field???
> 
> What are you unhappy about exactly?  We expended a fair amount of sweat
> to make it behave just like that ...

It's confused the odd IRC user (pgsql newbie).  Seems like it breaks the 
'serial type' illusion...

I presume they have to drop the default, then drop the sequence to get 
rid of it.

Chris