On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 03:55:49PM +0300, Forums @ Existanze wrote:
> Hello all,
>  
> I would like to ask if anyone can explain or point me to some sort of query
> that would get the sequences for a database along with the current value
> they contain.
>  
> I have been able to get the sequence names, but I can get their values all
> in one query. From the documentation I can't use currval() because it needs
> setval() to precede it in the same session.

Select sequence.last_value;

It's not guarenteed to give a value that unique across users, that's
what currval/nextval are for. For if you just want an idea of where
it's up to, this will do.

Have a nice day,
-- 
Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog@svana.org>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
> From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to 
> litigate.

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