Re: resetting primary key after copy

From: "A(dot) Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com>
To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: resetting primary key after copy
Date: 2007-02-12 17:45:57
Message-ID: 20070212174557.GA24776@a-kretschmer.de
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am Mon, dem 12.02.2007, um 9:28:40 -0800 mailte Don Guernsey folgendes:
> does anyone know how to do this? I need to reset the primary key after I copy a

Why? Do you want to break the primary key? You can use setval() for
this.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/functions-sequence.html

> bunch of data to postgres. The other option would be to start my tables primary
> key at a high number, like 3000000. Any Ideas?

Also with setval() or create sequence foo start 300000;

Andreas
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