doc: Update serial explanation
authorPeter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Mon, 8 Apr 2019 20:03:48 +0000 (22:03 +0200)
committerPeter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Mon, 8 Apr 2019 20:03:48 +0000 (22:03 +0200)
The CREATE SEQUENCE command should include a data type specification,
since PostgreSQL 10.

Reported-by: mjf@pearson.co.uk
doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml

index cced57b2a839dd6713fe896f70058bb5ea4cea3d..13b988077a55da0e30bf383304a6a63fc5618d8f 100644 (file)
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ CREATE TABLE <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable> (
      is equivalent to specifying:
 
 <programlisting>
-CREATE SEQUENCE <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable>_<replaceable class="parameter">colname</replaceable>_seq;
+CREATE SEQUENCE <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable>_<replaceable class="parameter">colname</replaceable>_seq AS integer;
 CREATE TABLE <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable> (
     <replaceable class="parameter">colname</replaceable> integer NOT NULL DEFAULT nextval('<replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable>_<replaceable class="parameter">colname</replaceable>_seq')
 );