Re: Two sequences associated with one identity column
Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
From: Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
To: Colin 't Hart <colinthart@gmail.com>,
PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-10-29T16:28:33Z
Lists: pgsql-general
On 10/29/25 06:40, Colin 't Hart wrote:
> As expected the dump contains:
>
> CREATE TABLE <schema>.<tablename> (
> <other columns>,
> id bigint NOT NULL
> );
>
> <snip>
>
> --
> -- 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
> );
Just a wild guess. Assuming <schema> is the same, what is the output of:
SELECT
relname,
relnamespace,
relpersistence
FROM
pg_class
WHERE
relname IN ('<sequence1>', '<sequence2> ')
AND relnamespace = '<schema>'::regnamespace;
>
> /Colin
>
--
Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@aklaver.com