From: | Dustin Sallings <dustin(at)spy(dot)net> |
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To: | Valerio Santinelli <tanis(at)mediacom(dot)it> |
Cc: | "pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] How to increment by hand a sequence number. |
Date: | 1999-01-18 17:43:19 |
Message-ID: | Pine.SGI.3.95.990118094241.1169A-100000@bleu.west.spy.net |
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On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Valerio Santinelli wrote:
select max(id) from table;
will get you the max value, then you want to add one to that
number, and do this:
select setval('sequence_name', newvalue);
# I've exported a table from an existing MSAccess database to my
# PostgreSQL db.
# I use a serial ID on the table and now I'm getting errors when I add a
# new entry in the table if i don't specify the ID by hand (which should
# be placed automatically by the db since it's a serial).
#
# The exact error is this one:
#
# Cannot insert a duplicate key into a unique index.
#
#
# I think I should set the "last_value" field in the sequence to my real
# last value aon the ID field of the table, but Idon't know how to do it.
# Is there anybody who can help me ?
#
# Thanks
#
# Valerio Santinelli
# tanis(at)mediacom(dot)it
#
#
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