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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: CREATE TABLE initial value for PRIMARY KEY
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In response to CREATE TABLE initial value for PRIMARY KEY  (Maurice Yarrow <yarrow@best.com>)
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Maurice Yarrow <yarrow@best.com> writes:
> Is there a formal way to set an initial value for a PRIMARY KEY
> when CREATE TABLE ?

If it's a SERIAL column, you use setval() on the underlying sequence
before you start inserting data.

            regards, tom lane

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