Serial id not incrementing when manual ids are used, User Error? Bug? - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From mgalvin@nycap.rr.com
Subject Serial id not incrementing when manual ids are used, User Error? Bug?
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Msg-id 112aab91123d2d.1123d2d112aab9@nyroc.rr.com
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Responses Re: Serial id not incrementing when manual ids are used, User Error? Bug?
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Hello Everyone,

    My name is Matt, this is my first post to the list. I've been using post for a while and love it. I haven't had any
issueswith it and i have found it to be a great and very flexible system.  

That said... I looked through the archives a bit but could not find what i was looking for so here goes:

It seems that when i manually insert an id into a serial id column the sequence doesn't get updated so that when i:

    CREATE TABLE table1 (
        table1_id SERIAL,
        name      VARCHAR( 255 ),
        PRIMARY KEY( table1_id )
    );

    // Manually set id during a migration process
    INSERT INTO table1( table1_id, name ) VALUES( 1, 'test' );

the id 1 has now been used, er, should be used. Then when i:

    // Let post use seq to set id when inserting brand new record
    INSERT INTO table1( name ) VALUE( 'Matt' );

post tries to use the id 1 "again" and the insert fails. Shouldn't post know that i already used 1 and  use the next
valin the sequence, in this case post should really say, hey 1 is used i will set the id to 2. 

I should then end up with 2 records

table1_id | name
----------------
        1 | test
        2 | Matt

So does post not update a SERIAL column sequence when id's are manually entered? Would I have to manually do a nextval
onthe seq when manually setting id's? Should't post know that i used an id number and use the next availible number,
somethinglike ( (the largest id number in the key) + increment_val )? 

I can elaborate more if needed. Thanks in advance!!!

Matt

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