Did you first insert into public.news_status insert into public.news_status (status_id) values (DEFAULT) and then get the sequence? Also since you have a domain 'public' I personally always do 'set searc_path to public' before doing any SQLs -- this way I know that I do not need to prefix my table names with 'public' all the time. V S P On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:46:37 -0400, "Jeff MacDonald" <oss@xxxxxxxxxx> said: > Hello everyone, > > I'm using "PostgreSQL 8.2.5 on amd64-portbld-freebsd6.1, compiled by > GCC cc (GCC) 3.4.4 [FreeBSD] 20050518" > > The issue, is that when I run pg_get_serial_sequence on a particular > table/column it returns NULL. > > Here are my tests: > > simplyas_associations=> \d news_status > Table "public.news_status" > Column | Type | > Modifiers > ---------------+----------------------- > +------------------------------------------------------------ > status_id | integer | not null default > nextval('status_status_id_seq'::regclass) > newsletter_id | integer | not null > status | boolean | not null > indate | character varying(15) | not null > Indexes: > "status_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (status_id) > "status_newsletter_id" btree (newsletter_id) > > simplyas_associations=> select > pg_get_serial_sequence('news_status','status_id'); > pg_get_serial_sequence > ------------------------ > > (1 row) > > So, for fun I added a new column to this table , and ran > pg_get_serial_sequence there > > simplyas_associations=> alter table news_status add column test_id > serial; > NOTICE: ALTER TABLE will create implicit sequence > "news_status_test_id_seq" for serial column "news_status.test_id" > ALTER TABLE > simplyas_associations=> select > pg_get_serial_sequence('news_status','test_id'); > pg_get_serial_sequence > -------------------------------- > public.news_status_test_id_seq > ------------------------ > > (1 row) > > So my new column works. The only next step I could think of was to > compare my 2 sequences with \d, turns out their attributes are both > identical. > > Ideas? > > Thanks > > Jeff MacDonald > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general -- V S P toreason@xxxxxxxxxxx -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general