Re: [GENERAL] Sequences/defaults and pg_dump

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> >> Is it also desired to convert an int column to a serial column?
>
> > I think the only sane solution is if a SERIAL column is changed to
> > INTEGER, the default and dependencies are removed. Do you want a TODO
> > for that?
>
> If we are going to do something like that, I think we should take a hard
> look at the idea I floated of putting SERIAL back to a pure
> creation-time macro for type and default expression. This is getting to
> have way too much hidden behavior, and what we are buying for it is very
> little as of 8.1.

OK, but I was confused how 8.1 has improved the way SERIAL works.

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