Re: BUG #3619: Renaming sequence does not update its 'sequence_name' field

Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
>> I am amused by the fact that we store the sequence name in the sequence
>> itself though.
>
> Yeah, it's a bit pointless.  One possible response to this gripe would
> be to take the name out of the sequence itself.  However, that would
> likely break client-side code for no very good reason.

Would it be possible to create a SELECT rule on the sequence that
returns the sequence name from the catalog instead?

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