Re: [GENERAL] setting last_value of sequence

2003-09-03 Thread Bruce Momjian
John Harrold wrote: -- Start of PGP signed section. > i've run into the situation where i need to set the last_value of a > sequence. can someone tell me how this is done? setval()? -- Bruce Momjian| http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 3

Re: [GENERAL] setting last_value of sequence

2003-09-03 Thread Gregory S. Williamson
Perhaps: SELECT SETVAL('resrc_serial', MAX(resource_id)) FROM ia_resources; the sequencethe column the table This sets the sequence to the highest number after I have used "copy" to load a table; other values instead of MAX() could be used (e.g. 123456, etc.). HTH