Zoltan Boszormenyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > after some experimentation, I came up with the attached patch, > which implements parsing the following SERIAL types:
As has been pointed out before, it would be a seriously bad idea to implement the SQL syntax for identity columns without matching the SQL semantics for them. That would leave us behind the eight-ball when we wanted to implement the SQL semantics. Right now we have a useful but non-standard semantics, and a useful but non-standard syntax, and those two should stick together. I'm not too happy with converting SERIAL4 and SERIAL8 into reserved words, either, as I believe this patch does. Some other things missing are documentation and pg_dump support. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq