Re: Wrong starting value of sequences after doing pg_dump

On 10/08/2010 11:17 AM, Dennis Gearon wrote:
> I did a pg_dump of a database.
>
> All the sequences ended up with starting values of 1. Since this is not an empty database, this is all wrong.
>
> Is there anything I need to do at command time to change that or is it a bug?
>
> \set in psql gives:
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> PostgreSQL 8.4.5 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc-4.4.real (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5) 4.4.3, 64-bit
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> Dennis Gearon
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In the dumps I have seen they initially get set to 1, then further on in
the file a setval is done to get them to the right value. Have you
looked for that yet?

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