| From: | Ray O'Donnell <ray(at)rodonnell(dot)ie> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>, 'PostgreSQL' <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Subject: | Re: Resetting identity columns |
| Date: | 2019-04-23 15:02:24 |
| Message-ID: | 82479acf-ee88-95c1-5e0b-9520e323c97c@rodonnell.ie |
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On 22/04/2019 18:49, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Ray O'Donnell" <ray(at)rodonnell(dot)ie> writes:
>> In general, then, is it not possible to use an expression thus? -
>
>> [...] ALTER COLUMN [...] RESTART WITH <expression here>
>
> No. In general, PG's utility commands (everything except SELECT/
> INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE) don't do expression evaluation. Partly this
> is laziness or lack of round tuits, but in some cases there are
> also interesting semantic problems.
Fair enough. Thanks Tom, Adrian & Thomas for the help!
Ray.
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