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Tweak CREATE SEQUENCE grammar to be more SQL1999 standards compliant.

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Neil Conway
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Bruce Momjian
2002-11-10 00:10:20 +00:00
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doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml
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<!--
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml,v 1.28 2002/05/18 15:44:47 petere Exp $
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml,v 1.29 2002/11/10 00:10:20 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
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<date>1999-07-20</date>
</refsynopsisdivinfo>
<synopsis>
CREATE [ TEMPORARY | TEMP ] SEQUENCE <replaceable class="parameter">seqname</replaceable> [ INCREMENT <replaceable class="parameter">increment</replaceable> ]
CREATE [ TEMPORARY | TEMP ] SEQUENCE <replaceable class="parameter">seqname</replaceable> [ INCREMENT [ BY ] <replaceable class="parameter">increment</replaceable> ]
[ MINVALUE <replaceable class="parameter">minvalue</replaceable> ] [ MAXVALUE <replaceable class="parameter">maxvalue</replaceable> ]
[ START <replaceable class="parameter">start</replaceable> ] [ CACHE <replaceable class="parameter">cache</replaceable> ] [ CYCLE ]
[ START [ WITH ] <replaceable class="parameter">start</replaceable> ] [ CACHE <replaceable class="parameter">cache</replaceable> ] [ [ NO ] CYCLE ]
</synopsis>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-CREATESEQUENCE-1">
@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ CREATE [ TEMPORARY | TEMP ] SEQUENCE <replaceable class="parameter">seqname</rep
<term>CYCLE</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The optional CYCLE keyword may be used to enable the sequence
to wrap around when the
The optional <option>CYCLE</option> keyword may be used to enable
the sequence to wrap around when the
<replaceable class="parameter">maxvalue</replaceable> or
<replaceable class="parameter">minvalue</replaceable> has been
reached by
@ -140,11 +140,22 @@ CREATE [ TEMPORARY | TEMP ] SEQUENCE <replaceable class="parameter">seqname</rep
<replaceable class="parameter">minvalue</replaceable> or
<replaceable class="parameter">maxvalue</replaceable>,
respectively.
Without CYCLE, after the limit is reached <function>nextval</> calls
will return an error.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>NO CYCLE</term>
<listitem>
<para>
If the optional <option>NO CYCLE</option> keyword is specified, any
calls to <function>nextval</function> after the sequence has reached
its maximum value will return an error. If neither
<option>CYCLE</option> or <option>NO CYCLE</option> are specified,
<option>NO CYCLE</option> is the default.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect2>