* Leif Biberg Kristensen:
> And even better, in the first comment to the blog post, I was advised about the
> SETVAL() function which does exactly what I wanted in the first place.
>
> CREATE SEQUENCE persons_person_id_seq;
> SELECT SETVAL('persons_person_id_seq', MAX(person_id)) FROM persons;
> ALTER TABLE persons ALTER COLUMN person_id SET DEFAULT
> NEXTVAL('persons_person_id_seq');
> ALTER SEQUENCE persons_person_id_seq OWNED BY persons.person_id;
I think you should acquire an exclusive lock on the table, too.
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