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From: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: BUG #19455: ALTER TABLE RENAME will rename a sequence
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:23:11 -0700
Message-ID: <CAKFQuwYBYgpra9+tH3dYQT=MMotrebVjvu1Pj2c20a3OUEKBCQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>

On Monday, April 13, 2026, PG Bug reporting form <[email protected]>
wrote:

> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference:      19455
> Logged by:          Bob Sislow
> Email address:      [email protected]
> PostgreSQL version: 15.2
> Operating system:   Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.7 (Ootpa)
> Description:
>
> Is this expected behavior? ALTER TABLE RENAME will rename a sequence.


It’s documented:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-altertable.html#SQL-ALTERTABLE-DESC-RENAME

Arguably it’s better to use alter sequence so the somewhat buried
documentation for this seems ok.

David J.

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