Alter sequence restart parameter type
The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/sql-altersequence.html
Description:
Hi!
I have some question about alter sequence. I can see in your documentation
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/sql-altersequence.html Synopsis:
ALTER SEQUENCE [ IF EXISTS ] name
[ AS data_type ]
[ INCREMENT [ BY ] increment ]
[ MINVALUE minvalue | NO MINVALUE ] [ MAXVALUE maxvalue | NO MAXVALUE
]
[ START [ WITH ] start ]
[ RESTART [ [ WITH ] restart ] ]
[ CACHE cache ] [ [ NO ] CYCLE ]
[ OWNED BY { table_name.column_name | NONE } ]
I use postgresql 12.6. I want to restart my sequence something like that:
alter sequence quiz_seq restart with ((select max(id) from quiz)+1);
but I can't do it. Please, clarify. Can I use only plain numbers like
that?
alter sequence quiz_seq restart with 42;
Is it possible to clarify the type of the parameter RESTART in the
documentation?
Re: Alter sequence restart parameter type
On Sunday, April 25, 2021, PG Doc comments form wrote: > > I use postgresql 12.6. I want to restart my sequence something like that: > alter sequence quiz_seq restart with ((select max(id) from quiz)+1); > but I can't do it. Please, clarify. Can I use only plain numbers like > that? alter sequence quiz_seq restart with 42; Yes > > Is it possible to clarify the type of the parameter RESTART in the > documentation? > Not,desirable. This command isn’t special with regard to the fact the utility commands don’t get to use embedded queries to supply values. Though you can just write some pl/pgsql and build a dynamic command. David J.
