Re: sticky sequence

From: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: strk <strk(at)keybit(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: sticky sequence
Date: 2003-12-30 16:33:36
Message-ID: 3FF1A8E0.9010207@familyhealth.com.au
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> I cannot get rid of a sequence:
>
> gis=# drop sequence geopol.geology_gid_seq;
> ERROR: cache lookup of relation 8511697 failed
>
> Yes, geology_gid_seq have been created as a consequence of a
> geology.gid attribute of type serial.
> And.. yes, I've removed the relation with a delete on pg_class.
> Where is this sequence-to-relation association stored so that
> i can clean it up ?

It's stored in the pg_depend table. See here:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/catalog-pg-depend.html

A really good reason to disable manual catalog modifications by default :)

Chris

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