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* 'alter sequence xxx start 200' do nothing
@ 2017-09-05 06:51 eric.mordant@free.fr
  2017-09-05 07:17 ` Re: 'alter sequence xxx start 200' do nothing Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume@lelarge.info>
  2017-09-05 13:53 ` Re: 'alter sequence xxx start 200' do nothing David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
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From: eric.mordant@free.fr @ 2017-09-05 06:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
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The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:

Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/functions-sequence.html
Description:

Hello,

According to the doc, with a sequence public.xxx working well, i tried:

Alter sequence public.xxx start 200;

and also:
Alter sequence public.xxx start with 200

It has no effect, without error message, but setval(200) work fine

Misunderstand the doc or is it a bug (PostgreSql 9.6 x86 on localhost) ?


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* Re: 'alter sequence xxx start 200' do nothing
  2017-09-05 06:51 'alter sequence xxx start 200' do nothing eric.mordant@free.fr
@ 2017-09-05 07:17 ` Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume@lelarge.info>
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From: Guillaume Lelarge @ 2017-09-05 07:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: eric.mordant@free.fr; +Cc: pgsql-docs

2017-09-05 8:51 GMT+02:00 <eric.mordant@free.fr>:

> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/functions-sequence.html
> Description:
>
> Hello,
>
> According to the doc, with a sequence public.xxx working well, i tried:
>
> Alter sequence public.xxx start 200;
>
> and also:
> Alter sequence public.xxx start with 200
>
> It has no effect, without error message, but setval(200) work fine
>
> Misunderstand the doc or is it a bug (PostgreSql 9.6 x86 on localhost) ?
>
>
They don't do the same thing. ALTER SEQUENCE ... START ... sets the start
value, while setval sets the current value.


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* Re: 'alter sequence xxx start 200' do nothing
  2017-09-05 06:51 'alter sequence xxx start 200' do nothing eric.mordant@free.fr
@ 2017-09-05 13:53 ` David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
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From: David G. Johnston @ 2017-09-05 13:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: eric.mordant@free.fr; +Cc: pgsql-docs

On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 11:51 PM, <eric.mordant@free.fr> wrote:

> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/functions-sequence.html
>
> Alter sequence public.xxx start with 200
>
> It has no effect, without error message, but setval(200) work fine
>
> Misunderstand the doc or is it a bug (PostgreSql 9.6 x86 on localhost) ?
> ​​
>

​From the  SQL Commands "ALTER SEQUENCE" chapter:

"The optional clause START WITH start changes the recorded start value of
the sequence. *This has no effect on the current sequence value*; it simply
sets the value that future ALTER SEQUENCE RESTART commands will use."
(emphasis
mine)

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/sql-altersequence.html

David J.

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