Re: Detecting autoincrement columns

Many thanks.

From: Melvin Davidson [mailto:melvin6925(at)gmail(dot)com]
Sent: 02 September 2015 00:20
To: Tom Lane
Cc: FarjadFarid(ChkNet); pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Detecting autoincrement columns

Try this:

SELECT *
FROM information_schema.columns
WHERE UPPER(column_default) LIKE 'NEXTVAL%'

ORDER BY 1, 2, 3;

On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 6:33 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

"FarjadFarid\(ChkNet\)" <farjad(dot)farid(at)checknetworks(dot)com> writes:
> Can someone please direct me as how to detect columns (serial) with
> autoincrement option ?

They have a default that depends on a nextval() call.

regards, tom lane

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