Re: [GENERAL] Use of Serial Datatype and Sequence Issue

At 00:28 02/11/01 +0000, you wrote:
>I am new to postgres and am in the process of creating a new database of
>several 100 tables. Most of the tables have a serial datatype. When the
>table is created psql says it is creating an implicit sequence. Yet
>when I drop the table and even when I drop the database the sequence is
>still there. When I try to re-create the table it fails beacuse the
>sequence already exists. This same behaviour exists for indexes. How
>can I get rid of any sequences or indexes that have been created. I
>would prefer not to explicitly drop each one. Ideally I would like to
>drop the table and have all related indexes, sequences dropped.

pgAdmin2 knows how to drop indexes when dropping a table:
http://pgadmin.postgresql.org
It might not be interesting to drop a sequence as it can be used by
multiple tables.

Dave: do you think pgAdmin2 should drop a sequence when dropping a table?

Best regards,
Jean-Michel POURE