From: | Andreas Kretschmer <akretschmer(at)spamfence(dot)net> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: drop table cascade doesn't drop manual sequences |
Date: | 2007-10-14 19:19:12 |
Message-ID: | 20071014191911.GA11862@KanotixBox |
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Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> schrieb:
> "Scott Marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > On 10/10/07, Guilherme <antoniolo(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >> If I insert a sequence later on table creation with alter table, drop
> >> table cascade simply doesn't drop this sequence even when I specify
> >> CASCADE.
>
> > This is normal.
>
> In 8.2 and up you can use ALTER SEQUENCE ... OWNED BY ... to establish a
> link that will make a manually created sequence go away when its "owner"
> column is dropped. In 8.1 that aspect of SERIAL is hidden magic :-(
Really no way to recognize with pg_* or information_schema.* ? I can't
believe this, but i don't know a way...
Andreas
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