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From: Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>
To: Rumpi Gravenstein <[email protected]>
Cc: Colin 't Hart <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL General <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Two sequences associated with one identity column
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:32:57 -0700
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On 10/30/25 08:22, Rumpi Gravenstein wrote:
> I've seen two indexes created on the same table/column when you create a 
> primary key as part of table create ddl and then also run a separate 
> create index statement for the same table/column.

Yes it is possible to create two indexes on a given table column, the 
issue here though is, from this post:

https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAMon-aQ0Zs-Otkp1%3Dzk3WYt7Am-_oQHKEmD_rZ1CNGBAgM_jzw%40mail.g...

The two indexes are coming from:

--
-- Name: <sequence1>; Type: SEQUENCE; Schema: <schema>; Owner: <owner>
--


ALTER TABLE <schema>.<tablename> ALTER COLUMN id ADD GENERATED ALWAYS
AS IDENTITY (
     SEQUENCE NAME <schema>.<sequence1>
     START WITH 1
     INCREMENT BY 1
     NO MINVALUE
     NO MAXVALUE
     CACHE 1
);


--
-- Name: <sequence2>; Type: SEQUENCE; Schema: <schema>; Owner: <owner>
--


ALTER TABLE <schema>.<tablename> ALTER COLUMN id ADD GENERATED ALWAYS
AS IDENTITY (
     SEQUENCE NAME <schema>.<sequence2>
     START WITH 1
     INCREMENT BY 1
     NO MINVALUE
     NO MAXVALUE
     CACHE 1
);

That is two GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY sequences being created for the 
PK. That should not happen.



> 
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 10:42 AM Adrian Klaver 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>     On 10/30/25 01:55, Colin 't Hart wrote:
>      >           relname          | relnamespace | relpersistence
>      > --------------------------+--------------+----------------o
>      >   <sequence1>  |    524799410 | p
>      >   <sequence2>  |    524799410 | p
>      > (2 rows)
>      >
> 
>     Well so much for that guess. I was exploring the idea that the sequence
>     may have been unlogged at some point and you had both a logged(p) and
>     unlogged(u) instance of each.
> 
> 
>     -- 
>     Adrian Klaver
>     [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Rumpi Gravenstein


-- 
Adrian Klaver
[email protected]

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