From 4db226b756529ea4d357a4af507c6ed2c31415c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alvaro Herrera Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 05:39:56 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Mention change of width of values generated by SERIAL sequences This changed during pg10 development, but had not been documented. Co-authored-by: Jonathan S. Katz Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20180828163408.vl44nwetdybwffyk@alvherre.pgsql --- doc/src/sgml/release-10.sgml | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-10.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-10.sgml index f1b0f2e0bf..b5bf035abd 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-10.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-10.sgml @@ -4716,6 +4716,13 @@ Branch: REL_10_STABLE [5159626af] 2017-11-03 14:14:16 -0400 more compatible with existing code. + + Also, sequences created for SERIAL 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. + + The output of psql's \d command for a sequence has been redesigned, too. -- 2.40.0