> > I am not sure about 8.3 but certainly earlier releases of PostgreSQL
> > would have specific dependency issues when a sequence was applied to
> a
> > a column after the fact, versus using the serial or bigserial
> > psuedo-types.
I'd like to point out that using pg_dump does in fact apply sequences
to columns after the fact. (at least in 8.3) Columns lose their "serial"
designation after each backup/restore (and therefore during version
upgrades)
mydb=# create table foo(id serial, bar varchar);
NOTICE: CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "foo_id_seq" for serial
column "foo.id"
CREATE TABLE
Then, pg_dump produces:
-bash-3.00$ pg_dump -s --table=foo mydb
CREATE TABLE foo (
id integer NOT NULL,
bar character varying
);
CREATE SEQUENCE foo_id_seq
START WITH 1
INCREMENT BY 1
NO MAXVALUE
NO MINVALUE
CACHE 1;
ALTER SEQUENCE foo_id_seq OWNED BY foo.id;
ALTER TABLE foo ALTER COLUMN id SET DEFAULT nextval('foo_id_seq'::regclass);
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