From: Rodrigo De León <rdeleonp@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Cc: Collin Peters <cadiolis@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Convert serial column to regular integer
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 11:36:25 -0500
Message-ID: <a55915760705110936j1ee5bb67oe366c9161c92fc33@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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On 5/11/07, Collin Peters <cadiolis@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a need to convert an incorrectly typed serial column to a
> regular integer column. Basically this just involves removing the
> sequence. I am able to successfully remove the default value (DROP
> DEFAULT) (which seems to use nextval) and now pgadmin does show the
> column as an integer, but I cannot remove the sequence as it says it
> is still in use. If I look at the column in pgadmin the sequence
> field is still filled in with the sequence but it is grayed out. Is
> there any way to remove the sequence fully?
>
> Regards,
> Collin
CREATE TABLE dtab (i SERIAL);
ALTER TABLE dtab ALTER COLUMN i DROP DEFAULT;
ALTER SEQUENCE dtab_i_seq OWNED BY NONE;
DROP SEQUENCE dtab_i_seq;
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