Re: Serial data type not starting at 1

Thanks Tony,

I have tried:
db=> create table test2(x serial start 5000,y varchar);
But it gives:
ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "start"

Tielman J de Villiers
BondNet Pty Ltd

-----Original Message-----
From: tony [mailto:tony(at)animaproductions(dot)com]
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 4:41 PM
To: Tielman J de Villiers
Cc: 'pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org'
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Serial data type not starting at 1

On Thu, 2001-11-15 at 14:50, Tielman J de Villiers wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I hope someone can help me.
>
> I want to create a new table using the "automatic" sequence function
> of Postgres by creating the first column as type "serial". But I want
> to start at say "5000". Can it be done, and how?

Like in the docs...

START 5000

Cheers

Tony Grant

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