Re: Corrupted sequences

From: Dennis Gearon <gearond(at)cvc(dot)net>
To: Francisco Reyes <lists(at)natserv(dot)com>
Cc: "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>, pgsql General List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Corrupted sequences
Date: 2003-03-14 21:12:34
Message-ID: 3E7245C2.8030208@cvc.net
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I would back up things whenever my ISP says something like, "We're going
to ..."

Francisco Reyes wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, scott.marlowe wrote:
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>>The first could be a problem. Are you sure the sequence was being used to
>>update the table you were inserting it into?
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> Yes. This site has been working for some time. I got a note from the ISP
> that they were moving databases. I think it has to do with that. Opened a
> ticket with them asking if that domain's DB was moved.
>
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>>bulk load, so the sequence was set right? or has it been updated properly
>>by "insert into table (field1,field2,id) values ('a','b',DEFAULT)"
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> I am leaning towards the thought that they moved the database and did it
> wrong somehow. Did a 'select currval()' for every sequence and all, except
> the ones I have fixed, gave the error 'is not yet defined in this
> session'.
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> All these sequences are from primary keys. I am thinking maybe the easiest
> way to fix it may be to drop and re-create the constraint. It's only 25
> tables and have only fixed 4 manually so I am just looking for a way to
> automate the rest.
>
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