Re: [SQL] Newbie dbadmin out of his league

On Fri, Aug 27, 1999 at 05:19:18PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Tim Pizey <tim@paneris.co.uk> writes:
> > 2. How do I use COPY?
> 
> 
> Just create the sequence with the right starting value (one past last
> ID being loaded).  You can do that before or after the COPY, doesn't
> matter.

What I always do with sequences that are autocreated for serial types 
(and so have a start value of 1), after the COPY puts all my data in place:

select setval('tablename_field_seq',max(field)) from tablename;

Ross

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Computer and Information Technology Institute
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