Re: Resetting a sequence's last value...

From: Shridhar Daithankar <shridhar_daithankar(at)persistent(dot)co(dot)in>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Resetting a sequence's last value...
Date: 2003-04-27 08:07:47
Message-ID: 200304271337.47828.shridhar_daithankar@nospam.persistent.co.in
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On Sunday 27 April 2003 13:06, Sean Chittenden wrote:
> I have a database application that makes extensive use of currval(),
> but after a certain point in the transaction, I'd like to reset the
> state of a given sequence so that the backend will act as if the
> sequence hasn't been called. Something like resetval() or the like is
> what I'm looking for, but it doesn't exist as far as I can tell.
> Other than reconnecting to the backend, are there other programmatic
> alternatives? -sc

Umm.. setval doesn't work?

file:/usr/local/doc/postgresql/html/functions-sequence.html is where I looked
at my local 7.3.2 installation..

Shridhar

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