From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | "Fred Parkinson" <FredP(at)abag(dot)ca(dot)gov> |
Cc: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Can't query the sequence table of a serial primary key. |
Date: | 2012-02-23 19:35:23 |
Message-ID: | 4387.1330025723@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Fred Parkinson" <FredP(at)abag(dot)ca(dot)gov> writes:
> We have moved some databases from 7.x to 8.4
> Previously I could query the sequencing table of a 'serial primary key' by simply running
> select * from mytable_id_seq;
> where mytable has id as a serial primary key and mytable_id_seq is the postgresql relation which manages the key.
That naming relationship isn't guaranteed, and AFAIR it wasn't
guaranteed in 7.4 either; in case of name collision you'd get something
like mytable_id_seq1 instead.
> When I do \d I see the table and the sequencer under 'List of relations'.
> But when I run select * from mytable_id_seq; postgresql responds with:
> relation 'mytable_id_seq' does not exist.
Maybe the sequence is in a schema that's not in your search_path.
regards, tom lane
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