"Mikhail V. Puzanov" <misha(dot)puzanov(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> -- increment and get the counter if exists
> UPDATE sequences SET counter = counter + 1
> WHERE section = 'testSection' AND name = 'testKey'
> RETURNING counter;
Seems that what you have here is a bad manual implementation of a
sequence. Why don't you use a real sequence object and nextval()?
regards, tom lane