Hi,
Under Postgresql 7.0.2 (linux86), I've just noticed a strange behavior (I
suppose it's a bug) with alter table, but don't know if it's a known one
or not:
the following works great:
db=> CREATE TABLE foo (id SERIAL);
NOTICE: CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence 'foo_id_seq' for
SERIAL column 'foo.id'
NOTICE: CREATE TABLE/UNIQUE will create implicit index 'foo_id_key' for
table 'foo'
CREATE
db=> \ds
List of relations
Name | Type | Owner
------------+----------+--------
foo_id_seq | sequence | jerome
(1 row)
but the following doesn't create the sequence bar_id_seq:
db=> CREATE TABLE bar (somefield TEXT);
CREATE
db=> ALTER TABLE bar ADD COLUMN id SERIAL;
ALTER
db=> \ds
List of relations
Name | Type | Owner
------------+----------+--------
foo_id_seq | sequence | jerome
(1 row)
The ALTER command should have created a sequence named bar_id_seq, as well
as an index but has done none.
I suppose it's a bug.
also it would be fine if ALTER could rename other things than just tables;
bye,
Jerome ALET - alet@unice.fr - http://cortex.unice.fr/~jerome
Faculte de Medecine de Nice - http://noe.unice.fr - Tel: 04 93 37 76 30
28 Avenue de Valombrose - 06107 NICE Cedex 2 - FRANCE
