[GENERAL] Using bdr replication with SERIAL pseudo-type.

2014-11-12 Thread Benjamin Scherrey
We're trying to use bdr replication with DJango. Django's default primary keys are SERIAL columns which is a pseudo type that uses global sequences ( http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/datatype-numeric.html#DATATYPE-SERIAL ). BDR requires a global sequence to be defined using an explicit U

[GENERAL] Default size limit for 'character varying' in Postgres 8?

2005-08-04 Thread Benjamin Scherrey
In Postgres 8, if a row attribute is defined as 'character varying' without specifying a size, what is its size limit? Is it a platform-specific/char encoding issue? Is this the same as declaring it a 'text' type? I don't find this specified in the documentation. thanx & later, Ben S