Jon, Thanks for the reply. Indeed I did miss it. I was hoping to write one long ..sql script and run it from my query editor and update all tables in a single connection. Are you aware of a way to do that? If not, I'll use your CF solution :-)
Matt On 1/12/07, Jon Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Matt, > > I sent in a previous e-mail but you may have missed it: > > SELECT pg_catalog.setval(pg_catalog.pg_get_serial_sequence > ('#table#','#table_id#'), (SELECT max(#table_id#) FROM #table#), true); > > That way you don't have to provide the sequence name. > > HTH, > Jon > > On Jan 12, 2007, at 2:41 PM, Matt Quackenbush wrote: > > > I don't know why i wrote the '+1' in there when I wrote the email. > > I'm not > > using it in the actual statement. The specific syntax error is > > that the ( > > is invalid. > > > > On 1/12/07, Matt Quackenbush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Okay, so far I'm *really* liking Pg. I have successfully imported > >> all of > >> my tables and data, and have everything fixed with one exception: > >> updating > >> the currval() of the sequence for the 'auto_number' fields. I can go > >> through each sequence one at a time with the GUI and update it, > >> but I'd > >> obviously prefer to do so via script. Here's what I've tried, but > >> it throws > >> a syntax error: > >> > >> ALTER SEQUENCE seq_name RESTART WITH (SELECT max(id) + 1 FROM > >> table_name); > >> > >> Apparently it does not like the query to be used as the value. > >> I'm still > >> reading through the docs to see if I can find where/how to do what > >> I'm > >> trying to do, but figured I'd cheat and post back to you guys as > >> well. > >> > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Matt > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:266442 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4