Re: Database conversion type serial question

Carol Walter  writes:
> Can I designate a column not  
> previously defined as serial to serial.

"serial" is not really a type.  It's just a convenience macro for
creating a sequence and setting the column's default expression.
So what you do is perform those steps manually.  See
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/datatype-numeric.html#DATATYPE-SERIAL

			regards, tom lane