Re: nextval parameter is not clear

On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 11:06 PM Kirk Wolak <wolakk(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 11:43 PM David G. Johnston <
> david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 8:42 PM Kirk Wolak <wolakk(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> ..
>> The wiki is an excellent place to prototype and coordinate. Beyond that,
>> this idea falls outside what should be discussed on this thread. Here,
>> let's either patch the docs with some examples, or not.
>>
>> David J.
>>
>
> David, as requested. I took this page, and created examples in each row
> of each function.
> I took a little liberty to normalize the warning about the error message
> between the last 2 functions (currval()/lastval()).
> I also decorated the comments with -- prefix (because I HATE not being
> able to quickly copy code and paste and use it).
> Also, I added a CREATE SEQUENCE in each block, so that the resulting code
> will work if you cut/paste it in.
> [Who knows, eventually we could add CSS that adds the copy and maybe an
> Open in PGFiddle someday]
>
> Now I edited this as pure sgml. I have no idea how to make this into html
> to view. Do you guys use specific tooling?
>
> Have a look. Cut it to shreds. But I believe this is functional and
> informative.
>
> Regards Kirk
>

Apologies, I am new to the tools and this approach. I just got the
makefile working for the documentation.
When I got it working, I tested copying/pasting each chunk. And caught an
error.

Here is the updated version.

Regards Kirk