On Nov 21, 2007 1:39 AM, Kathy Lo <kathy.lo.ky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I am using Postgresql 8.0.3 in Fedora Core 4. > > In my database, it contains a sequence. And, I need to alter the range > of this sequence and restart it to the start of the new range at > 00:00:00 on 1st January on every year. 5 seconds before and after that > time, I need to prevent users from calling nextval() to retrieve the > next number from this sequence. > > I can write a Perl script to alter the sequence and schedule to run > this script at 23:59:55 on 31st December on every year. revoke all privs on the sequence to anyone but the user about to reset it reset it grant the options back ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly