Re: select issue with order v8.1

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Terry <td3201(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: select issue with order v8.1
Date: 2010-02-26 22:46:00
Message-ID: 6779.1267224360@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Terry <td3201(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I am somewhat confused. My app is detecting it as a serial data type
> but describing the table shows that its an integer. What am I
> missing?

> dssystem=# \d clients_event_log
> Table "public.clients_event_log"
> Column | Type |
> Modifiers
> ----------------+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------
> ev_id | integer | not null default
> nextval('clients_event_log_ev_id_seq'::regclass)

Nothing. "Serial" is nothing but a shorthand for an integer column
with a default like that.

regards, tom lane

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