From: | Tim Pizey <tim(at)paneris(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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To: | "Ross J(dot) Reedstrom" <reedstrm(at)wallace(dot)ece(dot)rice(dot)edu> |
Cc: | pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [SQL] Newbie dbadmin out of his league |
Date: | 1999-09-02 10:26:34 |
Message-ID: | 3.0.3.32.19990902112634.0073164c@popmail.dircon.co.uk |
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At 17:11 27/08/99 -0500, Ross J. Reedstrom wrote:
>On Fri, Aug 27, 1999 at 05:19:18PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Tim Pizey <tim(at)paneris(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
>> > 2. How do I use COPY?
>>
>>
>> Just create the sequence with the right starting value (one past last
>> ID being loaded). You can do that before or after the COPY, doesn't
>> matter.
>
>What I always do with sequences that are autocreated for serial types
>(and so have a start value of 1), after the COPY puts all my data in place:
>
>select setval('tablename_field_seq',max(field)) from tablename;
>
Thanks Ross, I tried this but the max() function takes as long as
anything else as far as I can see.
yours
Tim Pizey
Happy to take part://
www.paneris.co.uk/
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