Re: duplicate key violates unique constraint - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: duplicate key violates unique constraint
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Msg-id 13812.1178810921@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to duplicate key violates unique constraint  ("Spiegelberg, Greg" <gspiegelberg@isodxsolutions.com>)
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"Spiegelberg, Greg" <gspiegelberg@isodxsolutions.com> writes:
> As you can see, it's only providing the key1 column and the sequence is
> providing the value for the column with the constraint.  How can this be
> happening?

Perhaps at some point you manually inserted an id value past the
then-current sequence value?

> Now, I don't know if this just hasn't been tested or is a documented
> feature (a.k.a. bug) but something does not seem right here.  In this
> test case I'm able to get the same sequence ID's via two psql
> connections to the same database on the same sequence.

No, you've misunderstood currval().  That gives the value most recently
obtained by nextval() within your own session; it is not affected by any
subsequent manipulation of the sequence.

            regards, tom lane

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