| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | nikolay(at)samokhvalov(dot)com |
| Cc: | "Q Beukes" <pgsql-general(at)list(dot)za(dot)net>, "Postgresql General" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Postgresql Novice" <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [NOVICE] pg_dump sequence problem |
| Date: | 2006-08-04 15:49:06 |
| Message-ID: | 29287.1154706546@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Nikolay Samokhvalov" <samokhvalov(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> My suggestions are:
> - do not use SERIAL at all. Always create sequence manually and then
> write DEFAULT expr.
Not an unreasonable suggestion.
> - when DEFAULT expr is simple nextval('...') you should make fool
> from pg_dump - write "DEFAULT nextval('...') + 0" - that dummy "+ 0"
> will prevent pg_dump from making conclusion that this is SERIAL...
This is completely silly, however. pg_dump does not pay any attention
to the contents of the default when determining if something is a SERIAL.
(One could argue that that's exactly the problem ...)
regards, tom lane
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