Re: Wrong starting value of sequences after doing pg_dump - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Adrian Klaver
Subject Re: Wrong starting value of sequences after doing pg_dump
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Msg-id 4CAF6203.9020602@gmail.com
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In response to Wrong starting value of sequences after doing pg_dump  (Dennis Gearon <gearond@sbcglobal.net>)
List pgsql-general
On 10/08/2010 11:17 AM, Dennis Gearon wrote:
> I did a pg_dump of a database.
>
> All the sequences ended up with starting values of 1. Since this is not an empty database, this is all wrong.
>
> Is there anything I need to do at command time to change that or is it a bug?
>
> \set in psql gives:
>
> PostgreSQL 8.4.5 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc-4.4.real (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5) 4.4.3, 64-bit
>
> Dennis Gearon
>
> Signature Warning
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> It is always a good idea to learn from your own mistakes. It is usually a better idea to learn from others’ mistakes,
soyou do not have to make them yourself. from 'http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=4501&tag=nl.e036' 
>
> EARTH has a Right To Life,
>    otherwise we all die.
>

In the dumps I have seen they initially get set to 1, then further on in
the file a setval is done to get them to the right value. Have you
looked for that yet?

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Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@gmail.com

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