| From: | John Fabiani <johnf(at)jfcomputer(dot)com> |
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| To: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Cc: | Richard Broersma <richard(dot)broersma(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: updating a sequence |
| Date: | 2011-11-16 00:28:23 |
| Message-ID: | 201111151628.23731.johnf@jfcomputer.com |
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On Tuesday, November 15, 2011 08:33:54 am Richard Broersma wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 8:06 AM, John Fabiani <johnf(at)jfcomputer(dot)com> wrote:
> > alter sequence somename restart with (select max(pk) from sometable).
> >
> > I need this for automating an ETL (using pentaho).
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/interactive/functions-sequence.html#FUNC
> TIONS-SEQUENCE-TABLE
I don't see how that helps answer my problem. I know how to update a
sequence. I want to pass a value for the restart vaue that depends on a query
- all in one statement. I would think it is a common problem i.e. migrating
data.
Thanks,
Johnf
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