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ecpg reference page still needs formatting.
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<!--
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml,v 1.11 1999/07/22 15:09:08 thomas Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
<refentry id="SQL-CREATESEQUENCE">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>
<refentrytitle id="sql-createsequence-title">
CREATE SEQUENCE
</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
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</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<refsynopsisdivinfo>
<date>1998-04-15</date>
<date>1999-07-20</date>
</refsynopsisdivinfo>
<synopsis>
CREATE SEQUENCE <replaceable class="parameter">seqname</replaceable>
[ INCREMENT <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 ]
CREATE SEQUENCE <replaceable class="parameter">seqname</replaceable> [ INCREMENT <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 ]
</synopsis>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-CREATESEQUENCE-1">
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</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">increment</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
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</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">minvalue</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
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</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">maxvalue</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
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</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">start</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
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</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">cache</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
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</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>CYCLE</term>
<listitem>
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table with the name <replaceable class="parameter">seqname</replaceable>.
The generator will be "owned" by the user issuing the command.
</para>
<para>
After a sequence is created, you may use the function
<function>nextval(<replaceable class="parameter">seqname</replaceable>)</function>
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<para>
Use a query like
<programlisting>
SELECT * FROM sequence_name;
</programlisting>
to get the parameters of a sequence.
Aside from fetching the original
parameters, you can use
<programlisting>
SELECT last_value FROM sequence_name;
</programlisting>
to obtain the last value allocated by any backend.
parameters, you can use
</para>
<para>
Low-level locking is used to enable multiple simultaneous
calls to a generator.
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<title>
Compatibility
</title>
<para>
<command>CREATE SEQUENCE</command> is a <productname>Postgres</productname>
language extension.
</para>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-CREATESEQUENCE-4">
<refsect2info>
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<title>
SQL92
</title>
<para>
<command>CREATE SEQUENCE</command> is a <productname>Postgres</productname>
language extension.
There is no <command>CREATE SEQUENCE</command> statement
in <acronym>SQL92</acronym>.
</para>