| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: future of serial and identity columns |
| Date: | 2022-10-05 21:26:52 |
| Message-ID: | Yz32nMSdesyOq4yW@momjian.us |
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On Tue, Oct 4, 2022 at 09:41:19AM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> In PostgreSQL 10, we added identity columns, as an alternative to serial
> columns (since 6.something). They mostly work the same. Identity columns
> are SQL-conforming, have some more features (e.g., overriding clause), and
> are a bit more robust in schema management. Some of that was described in
> [0]. AFAICT, there have been no complaints since that identity columns lack
> features or are somehow a regression over serial columns.
FYI, SERIAL came from Informix syntax, and it was already a macro, so
making it a different macro seems fine. ;-)
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