On sön, 2010-09-19 at 14:28 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Or maybe we could implement that function, call it like this
>
> CAST((pg_sequence_parameters(c.oid)).max_value AS
> cardinal_number) AS maximum_value,
>
> and plan on optimizing the view when we get LATERAL.
Here is an implementation of that.
I'm not exactly sure if the accesses to the sequence are correctly
locked/unlocked, but it appears to work.
I also revised the definition of the info schema view slightly, after
juggling several more recent SQL standard drafts.