On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 10:28:16PM +0000, Brad Snobar wrote:
> The column was a primary key bigint.
>
> ALTER TABLE "public"."CategoryBuildingRankSchemas"
> ALTER COLUMN "IDCategoryBuildingRankSchema" TYPE BIGSERIAL;
>
> ERROR: type "bigserial" does not exist
Bigserial is not a type. Rather, it's a type "with strings
attached". You can achieve the same effect by using
alter table foo alter column a type bigint,
alter column a set default nextval('seq');
Sadly, you have to create the sequence by hand, and it won't be dropped
when the table is dropped.
--
Alvaro Herrera (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
"Right now the sectors on the hard disk run clockwise, but I heard a rumor that
you can squeeze 0.2% more throughput by running them counterclockwise.
It's worth the effort. Recommended." (Gerry Pourwelle)
---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives?
http://archives.postgresql.org
