Re: Two sequences associated with one identity column

hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz@depesz.com>

From: hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz@depesz.com>
To: Colin 't Hart <colinthart@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2025-10-29T12:02:56Z
Lists: pgsql-general
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