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Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:02:56 +0100
From: hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz@depesz.com>
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Subject: Re: Two sequences associated with one identity column
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On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 12:27:44PM +0100, Colin 't Hart wrote:
> One of my clients has a database in which a single identity column
> (called "id" in that table) has two sequences associated with it(!)
> Both sequences display
> Sequence for identity column: <schema>.<table>.id
> when described with \d in psql.
> Trying to drop either sequence results in

Try:

ALTER SEQUENCE some_seq_name OWNED BY none;
DROP SEQUENCE some_seq_name;

Best regards,

depesz