> > binary_data=# create sequence test;
> > CREATE
> > binary_data=# select nextval('test');
> > NOTICE: test.nextval: sequence was re-created
>
> Um, how did you get that NOTICE? I don't see it.
This is version 7.0.3. I deleted the sequence first.
> Anyway, the answer to your question is that there's another bit of
> state in a sequence: the is_called flag is initially false and is
> set true during the first-ever nextval(). This allows nextval to
> deliver the specified start value on the first call, rather than
> the one after that. In 7.1 setval() takes an optional third
> argument to reset the value of is_called...
Ok. Still a bit weird to me anyhow.
Thanks.
