def copy_table_contents(source_table, destination_table, conn): if conn.engine.name == "postgresql": conn.execute('INSERT INTO "%s" SELECT * FROM "%s"' % (destination_table, source_table)) result = list(conn.execute('Select Max(id) from "%s"' % destination_table))[0] if result[0] is not None: new_start_id = result[0] + 1 conn.execute( 'ALTER SEQUENCE "%s_id_seq" RESTART WITH %s' % (destination_table, new_start_id) ) else: conn.execute( "INSERT INTO `%s` SELECT * FROM `%s` WHERE 1" % (destination_table, source_table) ) if conn.engine.name != "sqlite": result = list(conn.execute("Select Max(id) from `%s` WHERE 1" % destination_table))[0] if result[0] is not None: new_start_id = result[0] + 1 conn.execute( "ALTER TABLE `%s` AUTO_INCREMENT = %s" % (destination_table, new_start_id) )