TYPE"
>bigint</TT
>
     column.  <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>bigserial</TT
> should be used if you anticipate
     the use of more than 2<SUP
>31</SUP
> identifiers over the
     lifetime of the table. The type names <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>smallserial</TT
> and
     <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>serial2</TT
> also work the same way, except that they
     create a <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>smallint</TT
> column.
    </P
><P
>     The sequence created for a <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>serial</TT
> column is
     automatically dropped when the owning co