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From: Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: updating a sequence
Date: 16 Nov 2011 18:49:08 GMT
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On 2011-11-16, Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com> wrote:

> You need to wrap a subselect in ():
>
> select setval('foo', (select max(some_id) from some_table));


I prefer to do it in once select like this:

select setval('foo', max(some_id)) from some_table;


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