Re: pg_dump, serial

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Laurent ROCHE <laurent_roche(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_dump, serial
Date: 2007-03-02 16:03:18
Message-ID: 13572.1172851398@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Laurent ROCHE <laurent_roche(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> I understand (and I have read) that there have been changes and discussions about the way, pg_dump treats SERIAL columns in the latest versions(8.x).
> However, I have not been able to get a document explaining exactly what the changes are and what's the reasoning behind it, not even in the documentation.
> Is there such a thing ?

See this thread and the earlier ones it refers to:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-08/msg01250.php
The commit message here summarizes the changes:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2006-08/msg00376.php

regards, tom lane

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