Re: ALTER SEQUENCE: Missing feature?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: david(at)fetter(dot)org (David Fetter)
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: ALTER SEQUENCE: Missing feature?
Date: 2004-02-01 19:53:18
Message-ID: 1259.1075665198@sss.pgh.pa.us
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david(at)fetter(dot)org (David Fetter) writes:
> The fine folks in #postgresql brought this up, and it seems like,
> well, a bug. In order to make certain kinds of changes on a SEQUENCE,
> you have to issue an ALTER TABLE statement. Shouldn't alterations
> like RENAME TO, OWNER, etc. to a SEQUENCE all (be able to) go through
> ALTER SEQUENCE? What else might this impact?

Sequences are tables in some very real senses. I don't see the value in
duplicating code just to allow people to spell TABLE as SEQUENCE in
these commands...

regards, tom lane

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