Jeff MacDonald wrote: > Hi Tom, so far as I know the table "owns" the serial in so much as when i > do a \d of the table it says this > > status_id | integer | not null default > nextval('status_status_id_seq'::regclass) > > How else can I check? He means ALTER SEQUENCE ... OWNED BY I don't know how you can ensure that it is, short of begin; drop table status; \d status_status_id_seq -- verify that the sequence exists; if owned, it should have been dropped too rollback; -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general