Re: lastval(seq) ?

cool_screen_name90001(at)yahoo(dot)com (CSN) writes:
> For updating sequences after copy importing data (with
> id's).
>
> select setval('table_id_seq', (select max(id) from
> table));
>
> vs.
>
> select setval('table_id_seq', (select last_value from
> table_id_seq));
>
> Is there a transaction-safe way?

There's not likely to be.

For any given potential value of currval('table_id_seq'), it is always
possible that a transaction could be held open that is using that
value.

The only really _safe_ way to reset sequences is to do so when there
are no transactions active on the system.

In practice, we have to live with that potential for lack of safety,
and I would be inclined to set the value to the maximum visible value
plus some reasonable constant, say 1000, on the assumption that unless
someone is trying to do something actively pathologically bad, that
should be "good enough."

But my preference would be to do so with applications that might be
doing potentially-evil things SHUT DOWN.
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