Re: BUG #5629: ALTER SEQUENCE foo START execute a RESTART - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

Alexsander Rosa wrote:
> At 8.4 release notes, item "E.5.3.3.1. TRUNCATE" there's a sentence:
> "The start value of a sequence can be changed by ALTER SEQUENCE START WITH.
> "
>
> Maybe this sentence should be copied/moved to "E.5.3.4.1. ALTER" with extra
> text stating that START, in previous versions, was an (unintended) alias to
> RESTART -- with the wording you suggested or something like that. The advise
> to check server_version when using this command could be mentioned, also.

I don't think we have had enough people confused by this to add that
level of detail.

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