From: "Edipo E. F. Melo" <edipoelder@ig.com.br>
To: "pgsql-admin@postgresql.org" <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>,
	"pgsql-sql" <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 08:50:06 -0300
Reply-To: "Edipo E. F. Melo" <edipoelder@ig.com.br>
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Subject: Where is the sequence value?
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Hi all,

   In my system, I use a sequence to enumerate a proccess list, and this sequence must be reseted each 
year. I don't remember how it was created, but when I try to "setval('seq', 0)" I get a "out of bounds 
(1, ...) error.

   So, I set i to 1 ("setval('seq', 1)"), but in my system, when I try to insert a process, the nextval
() returns 2, not 1. 

   I was thinking to fix this dropping, e creating the sequence, but in my system, a lot o users have 
permission to update the sequence (to use a nextval() on it), and I couldn't revoke they rights when I 
drop it.

   Insted, I search the docs about where sequence is definited, its min, max and current value, to 
change the min value, setting it to 0, but I didn't found something.

   (After a lot of text), my question is: how can I change the min value of a sequence without dropping 
it?

   Thanks for all,


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    Edipo Elder F. de Melo
    [edipoelder@ig.com.br]
    [    ICQ#: 4546070   ]