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From: Sebastien FLAESCH <sf@4js.com>
Subject: perform setval() fails?
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Hello!

What I am missing here?


test1=> perform setval('mytab1_pkey_seq',5000,false);
ERROR:  syntax error at or near "perform"
LINE 1: perform setval('mytab1_pkey_seq',5000,false);
         ^



test1=> select setval('mytab1_pkey_seq',5000,false);
  setval
--------
    5000
(1 row)



Seb