Re: [8.0.3] Not dumping all sequences ...

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [8.0.3] Not dumping all sequences ...
Date: 2005-08-02 21:57:16
Message-ID: 24887.1123019836@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Given the name, this could be a SERIAL column's sequence --- which is
>> not dumped as a separate object by pg_dump, since recreating the SERIAL
>> column ought to create it.

> One of their functions does an insert into the table with
> "nextval('xa_url_id_seq'::text)" as part of the INSERT itself, so they
> aren't using that field as a SERIAL type ... just checked the CREATE TABLE
> for teh table, and its defined as a "bigint NOT NULL" ...

Hmm, odd. But maybe there are traces of a SERIAL linkage? What do
you get from

select * from pg_depend where objid = 'xa_url_id_seq'::regclass;

regards, tom lane

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