DelGurth <delgurth(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Slightly OT. That documentation page of postgresql contains an invalid
> example. Not sure if I should report it in here, but well, there you
> go.
> CREATE SEQUENCE serial START 101;
> SELECT nextval('serial');
> nextval
> ---------
> 114
> So you start at 101 and get 114, how nice ;-)
I think the assumption is that some time has passed (and some use of the
sequence) in between those steps.
regards, tom lane