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On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:01:19 -0400 (EDT)
"James B. Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]@sbcglobal.net>
> 

>  I am not at all
> clear as to the implications of this statement but it caused me to
> wonder if the primary key values of such tables could be changed
> simply by dumping and reloading the database as in an upgrade between
> versions. Surely this is not the case?

Of course not :). It just has to do with serial being a psuedo type
and thus the actual declaration is just an integer with a default. This
isn't that other database, we don't munge data :P

Joshua D. Drake


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