DelGurth <delgurth@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Slightly OT. That documentation page of postgresql contains an invalid > example. Not sure if I should report it in here, but well, there you > go. > CREATE SEQUENCE serial START 101; > SELECT nextval('serial'); > nextval > --------- > 114 > So you start at 101 and get 114, how nice ;-) I think the assumption is that some time has passed (and some use of the sequence) in between those steps. regards, tom lane