Re: New sequence in 1.8.1

[Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>]

Dave Page wrote:
> On 14/01/2008, Andy Shellam <andy(dot)shellam-lists(at)mailnetwork(dot)co(dot)uk> wrote:
> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > I see your point about it not doing anything after the column is created, as
> > a serial column is just an integer column with a new default value.  I liked
> > the idea of being able to specify a different sequence to use with the
> > serial column, but having said that I can't think of many uses where you'd
> > want to!
> >
> > Unless you can make the sequence combo of any use (e.g. to change the
> > default sequence used when creating the column) I'd say get rid of it!
>
> Thanks Andy. Any more opinions before I start pulling code?

Getting rid of it seems better to me.


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