Thread: START for SERIAL type?

When you create a SEQUENCE, you are allowed to specify a START.  Is
there a way to specify a START if you use a serial type in a CREATE
TABLE statement?

I'm envisioning something like:
CREATE TABLE foo ( foo_id    serial ( 101 ) );

>>>>> "j" == jferry  <jferry@iexposure.com> writes:

j> When you create a SEQUENCE, you are allowed to specify a START.  Is
j> there a way to specify a START if you use a serial type in a CREATE
j> TABLE statement?

No.  You do it after you create the table.  The SERIAL type creates a
sequence, so just use the sequence command setval() to set the
starting value for the named sequence.


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read the doc section datatype!!!
serial just create a sequence on a standard way, if you dont like it you'll
have to create your sequence.
bye
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