Re: Serial Data Type

> I have just created a table using SELECT INTO however the PK was
> supposed to be a serial. It is now an integer. To make it a serial I
> just create the seq and set the default to be the nextval() of that
> sequence right? is there anything else I need to do?

You'll want to do this:

ALTER SEQUENCE table_col_id_seq OWNED BY table.col_id;

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/sql-altersequence.html


> It'll maintain the
> transactional safety of a serial created default, right? I.e., it'll
> not rollback seq values on a transaction abortion will it?

Yes