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- <varname>Add proper sequence function dependencies (Tom)
- </para>
- <para>
- In previous releases, <function>nextval()</>,
- <function>currval</>, and <function>setval()</> recorded
- sequence names as simple text strings, meaning that renaming or
- dropping a sequence used in a <command>DEFAULT</> made the
- clause invalid. This release stores all newly-created sequence
- function arguments using internal oids, allowing them to handle
- sequence renaming, and adding dependency information that
- </para>
- </listitem>
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<para>
<varname>add_missing_from</> is now false by default (Neil)
<listitem>
<para>
- Sequence arguments of <function>nextval()</> and related functions
- are now bound early by default (Tom)
+ <varname>Add proper sequence function dependencies for <command>
+ DEFAULT</> clauses (Tom)
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ In previous releases, <function>nextval()</>,
+ <function>currval</>, and <function>setval()</> recorded
+ sequence names as simple text strings, meaning that renaming or
+ dropping a sequence used in a <command>DEFAULT</> made the
+ clause invalid. This release stores all newly-created sequence
+ function arguments using internal OIDs, allowing them to handle
+ sequence renaming, and adding dependency information that
+ prevents improper sequence removal. It also makes
+ <command>DEFAULT</> clauses immune to schema search
+ path changes.
</para>
<para>
- When an expression like <literal>nextval('myseq')</> appears in a
- column <command>DEFAULT</> expression or view, the referenced
- sequence (here <literal>myseq</>) is now looked up immediately,
- and its pg_class OID is placed in the stored expression. This
- representation will survive renaming of the referenced sequence,
- as well as changes in schema search paths. The system also
- understands that the sequence reference represents a dependency,
- so the sequence cannot be dropped without dropping the
- referencing object. Previous releases stored this information as
- a simple text string, with none of the benefits outlined above.
- To get the old text-based behavior of run-time lookup of the
- sequence name, cast the argument to <type>text</>, for example
+ Some applications might rely on the old text-based behavior of
+ run-time lookup of the sequence name. This can still be done by
+ casting the argument to <type>text</>, for example
<literal>nextval('myseq'::text)</>.
</para>
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