Re: WIP -- renaming implicit sequences

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Thomas Munro <munro(at)ip9(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: WIP -- renaming implicit sequences
Date: 2012-01-12 00:58:02
Message-ID: 852.1326329882@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Thomas Munro <munro(at)ip9(dot)org> writes:
> Here is an unfinished patch to implement something which appears on
> the TODO list under ALTER: automatic renaming of sequences created
> with serial when the table and column names change. I've often wanted
> this feature and it seemed like a good starter project.

Hmm ... this seems a bit inconsistent with the fact that we got rid of
automatic renaming of indexes a year or three back. Won't renaming of
serials have all the same problems that caused us to give up on renaming
indexes?

regards, tom lane

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