Re: Show sequences owned by

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Show sequences owned by
Date: 2011-11-04 14:55:03
Message-ID: CABUevEzMckUZPZf3KJwGQSob2t_bPb6q2YqGun62mCXzVcg_Yw@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 15:44, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> writes:
>> I just noticed it was pulling from pg_depend and we could be creating
>> multiple dependencies on a single sequence by having two tables use it
>> as a default value.  If that situation doesn't cause a problem for this,
>> then that's fine. :)  Couldn't remember if we distinguished 'owned by'
>> from 'dependend upon' for seqeunces.
>
> Yeah, we do, via the deptype.  The check for deptype = 'a' is the
> correct thing here.
>
> Still, I'm not terribly comfortable with having multiple matches be
> treated as a reason to fail the entire \d command.  It'd likely be
> better to just not add a footer if you get an unexpected number of
> matches.

Ok.

Updated patch attached that does this, and the proper schema qualifications.

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 Magnus Hagander
 Me: http://www.hagander.net/
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sequence_owned_by.patch text/x-patch 1.7 KB

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