"Ray O'Donnell" <ray@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > In general, then, is it not possible to use an expression thus? - > [...] ALTER COLUMN [...] RESTART WITH <expression here> No. In general, PG's utility commands (everything except SELECT/ INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE) don't do expression evaluation. Partly this is laziness or lack of round tuits, but in some cases there are also interesting semantic problems. regards, tom lane
