On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Clemens Eisserer<linuxhippy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Tom, > >> regression=# alter sequence foo_bar_seq start with 1000; >> ALTER SEQUENCE > Completly forgot about that possibility, thanks a lot :) > > What still puzzles me is how to get the sequence value applied. > MySQL's auto_increment simply ignores whatever value is supplied to > it, however postgres seems to insert the value instead of the next > sequence value, if one is supplied: > >> CREATE TABLE custtype (key SERIAL PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL, name VARCHAR(127) NOT NULL, short VARCHAR(4)); >> ALTER SEQUENCE custtype_key_seq START WITH 10000;"); >> INSERT INTO custtype VALUES(0, 'test', 'ta'); >> >> key | name | short >> -----+----------------+------- > > 0 | test | ta > > Of course, under normal circumstances it would be no problem to insert > a nextval() however I am using an updateable JDBC ResultSet. > Any idea how I can force the sequence's nextval() value into the key > column using ResultSets? > > Thank you in advance, Clemens Two methods: 1: Don't include the column in the insert: INSERT INTO custtype ("name",short) VALUES('test', 'ta'); 2: Use the DEFAULT keyword: INSERT INTO custtype (key, "name",short) VALUES(DEFAULT, 'test', 'ta'); -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general