On Thursday October 28 2004 5:31, Michael Fuhr wrote: > On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 04:51:05PM -0600, Ed L. wrote: > > But I didn't understand why you care to get rid of the explicit > > reference to the sequence object in your code in the first place. In > > PostgreSQL, at least for the past 5 years if not longer, if you create > > a SERIAL column for (schemaname, tablename, columnname), then your > > sequence will *always* be "schemaname.tablename_columnname_seq". > > Only for certain values of "always." Tables and columns can be renamed, > so the sequence name might no longer be "tablename_columnname_seq", > but rather "oldtablename_oldcolumnname_seq".
Your point is well taken, I see the gotcha there, and thus the value of a function. Ed ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])