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To: "Claus Guttesen" <kometen@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: change max_value in sequence 
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Comments: In-reply-to "Claus Guttesen" <kometen@gmail.com>
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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"Claus Guttesen" <kometen@gmail.com> writes:
> I have a table with a serial field defined with an older version of
> postgresql (ver. 7). Back then max_value was 2147483647:
> How can I increase it? By updating the max_value-field?

I think you're looking for ALTER SEQUENCE.

Note that if the column it's feeding into is int4, you'd also need to
alter the column type ...

			regards, tom lane