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Re: sequence increment jumps?


  • From: Douglas McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>
  • To: "John Smith" <jayzee(dot)smith(at)gmail(dot)com>
  • Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
  • Subject: Re: sequence increment jumps?
  • Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:53:57 -0500
  • Message-id: <873b5zgfgq(dot)fsf(at)suzuka(dot)mcnaught(dot)org>

"John Smith" <jayzee(dot)smith(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:

> i had insert errors yesterday ("ERROR: invalid input syntax for
> integer" "ERROR: column 'columnname' is of type date but expression is
> of type integer") but they didn't cause any increment jumps. and when
> i insert a record now the sequence increments just fine.
>
> bug or nature of the beast? how to reset? btw using 8.1, got no other
> sessions, no record deletes, no triggers, no rules.

Nature of the beast.  Sequence increments aren't rolled back on
transaction abort (for performance and concurrency reasons), so you
should expect gaps.

-Doug



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