Valerio Santinelli wrote:
>
> I've exported a table from an existing MSAccess database to my
> PostgreSQL db.
> I use a serial ID on the table and now I'm getting errors when I add a
> new entry in the table if i don't specify the ID by hand (which should
> be placed automatically by the db since it's a serial).
>
> The exact error is this one:
>
> Cannot insert a duplicate key into a unique index.
>
> I think I should set the "last_value" field in the sequence to my real
> last value aon the ID field of the table, but Idon't know how to do it.
> Is there anybody who can help me ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Valerio Santinelli
> tanis@mediacom.it
You may drop the sequence and then re-create it by specifying the start
as in:
DROP SEQUENCE contatore;
CREATE SEQUENCE contatore START 101;
Or if you desire you can increment the counter like this:
SELECT NEXTVAL ('contatore');
Buon divertimento!
-Jose'-
