Re: [SQL] Newbie dbadmin out of his league - Mailing list pgsql-sql

At 17:11 27/08/99 -0500, Ross J. Reedstrom wrote:
>On Fri, Aug 27, 1999 at 05:19:18PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Tim Pizey <tim@paneris.co.uk> writes:
>> > 2. How do I use COPY?
>> 
>> 
>> Just create the sequence with the right starting value (one past last
>> ID being loaded).  You can do that before or after the COPY, doesn't
>> matter.
>
>What I always do with sequences that are autocreated for serial types 
>(and so have a start value of 1), after the COPY puts all my data in place:
>
>select setval('tablename_field_seq',max(field)) from tablename;
>
Thanks Ross, I tried this but the max() function takes as long as 
anything else as far as I can see.

yours
Tim Pizey
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