From: | "Jose' Soares" <jose(at)sferacarta(dot)com> |
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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: | 1999-01-19 14:19:01 |
Message-ID: | 36A49455.7A28742@sferacarta.com |
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Valerio Santinelli wrote:
>
> 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
You may drop the sequence and then re-create it by specifying the start
as in:
DROP SEQUENCE contatore;
CREATE SEQUENCE contatore START 101;
Or if you desire you can increment the counter like this:
SELECT NEXTVAL ('contatore');
Buon divertimento!
-Jose'-
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