| From: | Roger Pack <rogerpack2005(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Pg Docs <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-sequence.html |
| Date: | 2020-10-20 14:21:27 |
| Message-ID: | CADCGFBU=e6=TUp-vuqrtKimzYBy5uGrCO2VWgZwyB59opRmSqw@mail.gmail.com |
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Okey dokey
Thanks!
On Mon, Oct 19, 2020, 2:53 PM David G. Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 1:13 PM PG Doc comments form <
> noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
>
>> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>>
>> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/functions-sequence.html
>> Description:
>>
>> This page:
>> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-sequence.html
>> doesn't seem to mention that there's a way to get the "cross session"
>> current value of a sequence:
>> https://stackoverflow.com/a/12482716/32453
>>
>>
> That page says "sequences are single row tables" which means you can query
> them, it also links to CREATE SEQUENCE where "SELECT * FROM sequence_name"
> is described explicitly, plus there is the implied existence of catalog
> entries. That seems sufficient given that such usage is not all that
> useful and so less is more when it comes to pointing it out to users who
> should just stick to the provided functions.
>
> David J.
>
>
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