Re: Resetting Serial Column Sequence Number

Adam <adam(at)spatialsystems(dot)org> schrieb:

>
> I just emptied my table and I want all my new inserts to start with a
> 'location_id' of '1'. The table is named "locations" with a SERIAL column
> "location_id"
>
> I tried the below SQL to rest the sequence ID but it's not working. What am I
> doing wrong?
>
> SELECT setval('locations_location_id_seq', (SELECT max(location_id) + 1 FROM
> locations));

The table locations are empty? Yeah, select max(location_id) from an
empty table is NULL, not 0. And NULL+1 -> NULL. You can't set a Sequence
to NULL, that makes no sense.

Andreas
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