SERIAL no longer creates an index by default, as of 7.3.

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                 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
                                        
-   Last updated: Sat Nov 15 23:41:03 EST 2003
+   Last updated: Wed Nov 19 11:50:04 EST 2003
    
    Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian ([email protected])
    
@@ -879,8 +879,8 @@ BYTEA           bytea           variable-length byte array (null-byte safe)
    
     4.15.1) How do I create a serial/auto-incrementing field?
     
-   PostgreSQL supports a SERIAL data type. It auto-creates a sequence and
-   index on the column. For example, this:
+   PostgreSQL supports a SERIAL data type. It auto-creates a sequence.
+   For example, this:
     CREATE TABLE person (
         id   SERIAL,
         name TEXT
@@ -892,7 +892,6 @@ BYTEA           bytea           variable-length byte array (null-byte safe)
         id   INT4 NOT NULL DEFAULT nextval('person_id_seq'),
         name TEXT
     );
-    CREATE UNIQUE INDEX person_id_key ON person ( id );
 
    See the create_sequence manual page for more information about
    sequences. You can also use each row's OID field as a unique value.

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     Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
 
-    Last updated: Sat Nov 15 23:41:03 EST 2003
+    Last updated: Wed Nov 19 11:50:04 EST 2003
 
     Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (
     "mailto:[email protected]">[email protected])
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ BYTEA           bytea           variable-length byte array (null-byte safe)
     serial/auto-incrementing field?
 
     PostgreSQL supports a SERIAL data type. It
-    auto-creates a sequence and index on the column. For example,
+    auto-creates a sequence.  For example,
     this:
 
     CREATE TABLE person ( 
@@ -1118,7 +1118,6 @@ BYTEA           bytea           variable-length byte array (null-byte safe)
         id   INT4 NOT NULL DEFAULT nextval('person_id_seq'),
         name TEXT 
     );
-    CREATE UNIQUE INDEX person_id_key ON person ( id );
 
 
     See the create_sequence manual page for more information