Re: [HACKERS] Sequences....

> > > Yes, it'd be nice to think about fixing up primary-key implicit indexes
> > > while we are at it --- they have some of the same problems as SERIAL ...
>
> I'm not following this... When a table is dropped, all the indexes for that
> table get dropped. The indexes are associated with a table, whereas the
> sequences are just sequences not associated with a table. Am I understanding
> the issue correctly?

Not sure. It just seem to relate.

>
> > My guess is that 6.5 is too close to be making such sweeping changes,
> > though the pg_dump problems with SERIAL certainly make this an important
> > issue.
>
> Do you want me to try and get the serial stuff finished before 6.5? or should we
> wait?

Probably wait, unless we can do it easily.

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