| From: | "Edmar Wiggers" <edmar(at)brasmap(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Indraneel Majumdar" <indraneel(at)www(dot)cdfd(dot)org(dot)in>, <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | RE: reinitialise serial counter |
| Date: | 2000-11-07 16:55:20 |
| Message-ID: | NEBBIAKDCDHFGJMLHCKIKEAACBAA.edmar@brasmap.com |
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> after inserting values and doing delete from test if I try to insert
> values again, the id starts from where it left off previously. How can I
> get the serial counter to restart from 1 ? is it anything to do with
> setval(). How to use the setval?
The serial value is implemented using a sequence object (see the docs). Once
a sequence returns a number it will never return it again (that's what
sequences are for!).
A serial field is not a good approach if you always want to start numbering
at 1.
Yours sincerely,
Edmar Wiggers
BRASMAP Information Systems
+55 48 9960 2752
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