Re: Setting sequence ids after importing data

On May 9, 2006, at 10:59 , Hari Patel wrote:

> CREATE function set_sequence_ids() RETURNS INTEGER AS '
> DECLARE
>   arg INTEGER;
> BEGIN
>   select into arg max(id) from foo;
>   select setval('foo_id_seq', 10);
>   return arg;
> END;
> ' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
>
> I get the following error in psql.
>
> psql:func.sql:9: ERROR:  syntax error at or near "foo_id_seq" at
> charact
> er 152
> psql:func.sql:9: LINE 6:   select setval('foo_id_seq', 10);
> psql:func.sql:9:                          ^

Try just
setval('foo_id_seq',10)
or
PEFORM setval('foo_id_seq', 10)

It's just a function call, and since you're not saving the return
value, you don't use SELECT. SELECT has different syntax in PL/pgSQL
than in SQL.

Hope this helps.

Michael Glaesemann
grzm seespotcode net