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From: Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume@lelarge.info>
To: Leif Biberg Kristensen <leif@solumslekt.org>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Subselects not allowed?
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 17:08:12 +0200
Message-ID: <1307804893.25444.5.camel@laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201106111701.54145.leif@solumslekt.org>
References: <201106111701.54145.leif@solumslekt.org>

On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 17:01 +0200, Leif Biberg Kristensen wrote:
> Can anybody tell me why this doesn't work?
> 

Because it's not supported. The START clause expects a value, not a
subquery.

> pgslekt=> CREATE SEQUENCE sources_source_id_seq START WITH (SELECT 
> MAX(source_id) FROM sources);
> ERROR:  syntax error at or near "("
> LINE 1: CREATE SEQUENCE sources_source_id_seq START WITH (SELECT MAX...
>                                                          ^
> pgslekt=> 
> 
> regards, Leif
> 


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Guillaume
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