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Mention change of width of values generated by SERIAL sequences
authorAlvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
Thu, 30 Aug 2018 08:39:56 +0000 (05:39 -0300)
committerAlvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
Thu, 30 Aug 2018 08:42:46 +0000 (05:42 -0300)
This changed during pg10 development, but had not been documented.

Co-authored-by: Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz@postgresql.org>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20180828163408.vl44nwetdybwffyk@alvherre.pgsql

doc/src/sgml/release-10.sgml

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       more compatible with existing code.
      </para>
 
+     <para>
+      Also, sequences created for <literal>SERIAL</literal> columns now generate
+      positive 32-bit wide values, whereas previous versions generated 64-bit
+      wide values.  This has no visible effect if the values are only stored in
+      a column.
+     </para>
+
      <para>
       The output of <application>psql</application>'s <command>\d</command> command for a
       sequence has been redesigned, too.