Re: Sequence id NOT incremented as expected

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: SINGHAL Harsh <harsh(dot)singhal(at)cy-play(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Sequence id NOT incremented as expected
Date: 2012-07-20 14:08:49
Message-ID: 16524.1342793329@sss.pgh.pa.us
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SINGHAL Harsh <harsh(dot)singhal(at)cy-play(dot)com> writes:
> * In an increasing sequence whose max value is set to
> 9223372036854775807 and cycle option is activated, as shown above,
> from 2147483647 to 9223372036854775807 it is displaying error
> "ERREUR: entier en dehors des limites" and after that it resets it
> to 1 which is normal for any sequence whose cycle option is activated.

You didn't show us any context here, but this sounds like you're trying
to store the sequence's result into a integer (not bigint) column.
If so, that's not a bug, it's just pilot error.

regards, tom lane

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