| From: | Sam Barnett-Cormack <s(dot)barnett-cormack(at)lancaster(dot)ac(dot)uk> |
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| To: | Pierre Couderc <pierre(at)couderc(dot)cc> |
| Cc: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: How to read a sequence without incrementing it? |
| Date: | 2003-08-29 20:15:00 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.50.0308292113250.21325-100000@short.lancs.ac.uk |
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, Pierre Couderc wrote:
> I would like to read the current value of a sequence, or a value not too far of
> the current value (for example, the value it was a few seconds or minutes ago).
> Is it possible (without any nexrval that should increment it)?
SELECT last_value FROM my_sequence;
where my_sequence is the sequence name.
try:
\d my_sequence; (same substitution as before)
for more info.
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Sam Barnett-Cormack
Software Developer | Student of Physics & Maths
UK Mirror Service (http://www.mirror.ac.uk) | Lancaster University
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