Re: Odd behavior with 'currval'

On 02/08/2018 10:45 AM, Steven Hirsch wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Feb 2018, Melvin Davidson wrote:
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>> I believe your problem is in your usage.
>> In order for currval(regclass) to work, you must first do a
>> SELECT nextval(regclass) in your _current transaction_!
>>
>> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/functions-sequence.html
>
> I AM doing that.  It is returning zero.  The code is identical to that
> used in all other tables in the schema - all of them work.  This one
> does not - unless I use the INSERT .. RETURNING ..  approach.
>
> I suspect the weirdness with the sequence not being found is part of the
> underlying problem.

I suspect that also, hence my previous suggestion:

\d udm_asset_type_definition_def_id_seq

This should show whether the sequence is 'owned' by the table.column.

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