Re: pg_dump and sequences - RFC

At 11:17 28/09/00 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
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>Hmm, good point.  There isn't any real easy way to refer to a sequence
>by OID --- the sequence functions only accept names --- but I suppose
>someone out there might be doing something with sequence OIDs.

So long as the backend & metadata don't rely on the OID, then it's 99.9%
safe, I'd guess. I'd be happy to go with this, and do a function later
if/when necessary (see below).


>Perhaps the real answer is to extend the set of sequence functions so
>that it's possible to set/clear is_called directly.  Perhaps a variant
>setval() with an additional, boolean argument?

This would be something I'd like to do as a learning exercise. However,
aren't we 2 days from beta? Is this enough time to learn how to add a
function to the backend?


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