Peter,
> NOTICE: billing_requests_id_seq.nextval: sequence was re-created
>
> I'm performing the query:
> select nextval('billing_requests_id_seq') as nextid;
That's really odd. Can you post the version of Postgres you are running, and
the output of the PSQL command
\d billing_requests_id_seq
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-Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco