Re: sequence not restarting in a for loop (actually semi-random numbers)

On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:17:03 -0500
Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Ivan Sergio Borgonovo <mail(at)webthatworks(dot)it> writes:
> > insert into mytop (id,n) select id, nextval('tmp_seq')
> > from biglist join mylist on biglist.id=mylist
> > order by biglist.something limit 3;
>
> I suspect you are expecting the nextval()s to be done after the
> LIMIT, but actually they'll most likely be done before it, ie
> you're getting a lot of unintended nextvals happening. Try doing
> the ORDER BY/LIMIT in a sub-select.

Thanks. That did it.

I think I've seen similar replies before... but I couldn't relate
them to my problem.

I'd do like Bart Simpson: order by, limit, nextval, sequence, order
by, limit, nextval, sequence...
so that this answer will be well indexed ;)

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Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
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