Re: Inserting preset values into a serial column

mike(dot)rowan(at)internode(dot)on(dot)net (Michael Rowan) writes:
> PostgreSQL 8.4.4.1
>
> Can someone pls confirm that, provided I am doing it right, I can
> insert a row into a table where the primary key is serial NOT NULL and
> a (unique) value is provided in the offered data? I cannot see an
> answer to this specific point in the docs.

Sure, it shouldn't present a problem. You'd presumably also want to
change the value of the sequence that underlies this in order to point
it to a value beyond the range of the "offered data." (Use the function
"setval()" to do this.)
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