On Saturday 8. May 2010 10.11.32 John Gage wrote: > If I "delete from table", which table contains a serial type field, > and then insert new rows into the table "excluding the [serial] column > from the list of columns in the INSERT statement", the numbers in the > serial column resume where they left off prior to the "delete from > table": 639, 640, 641, 642 for example. > > This behavior is totally acceptable, but is it possible to have the > serial column reset itself to 1 following "delete from table" (i.e. > following flushing all the rows from the table)? The only way I can > think to do this is by altering the table by dropping the serial > column and then altering it again by adding a new serial column before > doing the insert. That is only a couple of more lines of script, so I > don't do the work, but is there an easier way? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/datatype-numeric.html#DATATYPE- SERIAL http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-sequence.html regards, -- Leif Biberg Kristensen http://solumslekt.org/blog/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
