Re: how to use nextval()

On Fri, 5 Jul 2002 juerg(dot)rietmann(at)pup(dot)ch wrote:

> Hello there
>
> I have an idea how to solve my problem on copy a record to a new one in the
> same table. To do so I need the next value for the primary key.
>
> Using :
>
> select nextval('pk_auftrag') as nextkey from auftrag;
>
> I get an error like : Relation pk_auftrag does not exist !

Do a \d to find out the name of your sequence.
Most probably it will be named as
"auftrag_<your auftrag table primary key>_seq".

Let it be "auftrag_id_seq".

Your command is

SELECT nextval('"auftrag_id_seq"'::text);

>
> Thanks for any help ... jr
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