Oh, great! So I'm going to do this: select setval('sequencename', ( select max(someid) from sometable ) ); Thanx! Roy. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Eckermann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 5:45 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] maintaining sequences > > You can just reset the next-available value with "select setval > ('sequencename', newvalue);" ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster