Re: Sequence name with SERIAL type

From: Paul Thomas <paul(at)tmsl(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: "pgsql-general (at) postgresql (dot) org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Sequence name with SERIAL type
Date: 2003-12-17 09:46:31
Message-ID: 20031217094631.A31451@bacon
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On 17/12/2003 07:59 Marek Lewczuk wrote:
> I'm curious if the default scheme for sequence name (which is created
> with SERIAL data type) can be changed -- currently all sequences are
> named like this: <table_name>_<field_name>_seq -- can it be changed for
> e.g. <table_name>__<field_name>__seq ???

You could try something like

myfield integer default nextval('mysequence')

where you have previously created the sequence mysequence.

HTH

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