How do I reset a sequence in Oracle?

Question

In PostgreSQL, I can do something like this:

ALTER SEQUENCE serial RESTART WITH 0;

Is there an Oracle equivalent?

Answer 1

Here's how to make all auto-increment sequences match actual data:

1. Create a procedure to enforce next value as was already described in this thread:

   CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE Reset_Sequence(
       P_Seq_Name IN VARCHAR2,
       P_Val      IN NUMBER DEFAULT 0)
   IS
     L_Current    NUMBER                      := 0;
     L_Difference NUMBER                      := 0;
     L_Minvalue User_Sequences.Min_Value%Type := 0;
   BEGIN
     SELECT Min_Value
     INTO L_Minvalue
     FROM User_Sequences
     WHERE Sequence_Name = P_Seq_Name;
     EXECUTE Immediate 'select ' || P_Seq_Name || '.nextval from dual' INTO L_Current;
     IF P_Val        < L_Minvalue THEN
       L_Difference := L_Minvalue - L_Current;
     ELSE
       L_Difference := P_Val - L_Current;
     END IF;
     IF L_Difference = 0 THEN
       RETURN;
     END IF;
     EXECUTE Immediate 'alter sequence ' || P_Seq_Name || ' increment by ' || L_Difference || ' minvalue ' || L_Minvalue;
     EXECUTE Immediate 'select ' || P_Seq_Name || '.nextval from dual' INTO L_Difference;
     EXECUTE Immediate 'alter sequence ' || P_Seq_Name || ' increment by 1 minvalue ' || L_Minvalue;
   END Reset_Sequence;
   

2. Create another procedure to reconcile all sequences with actual content:

   CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE RESET_USER_SEQUENCES_TO_DATA
   IS
     STMT CLOB;
   BEGIN
     SELECT 'select ''BEGIN'' || chr(10) || x || chr(10) || ''END;'' FROM (select listagg(x, chr(10)) within group (order by null) x FROM ('
       || X
       || '))'
     INTO STMT
     FROM
       (SELECT LISTAGG(X, ' union ') WITHIN GROUP (
       ORDER BY NULL) X
       FROM
         (SELECT CHR(10)
           || 'select ''Reset_Sequence('''''
           || SEQ_NAME
           || ''''','' || coalesce(max('
           || COL_NAME
           || '), 0) || '');'' x from '
           || TABLE_NAME X
         FROM
           (SELECT TABLE_NAME,
             REGEXP_SUBSTR(WTEXT, 'NEW\.(\S*) IS NULL',1,1,'i',1) COL_NAME,
             REGEXP_SUBSTR(BTEXT, '(\.|\s)([a-z_]*)\.nextval',1,1,'i',2) SEQ_NAME
           FROM USER_TRIGGERS
           LEFT JOIN
             (SELECT NAME BNAME,
               TEXT BTEXT
             FROM USER_SOURCE
             WHERE TYPE = 'TRIGGER'
             AND UPPER(TEXT) LIKE '%NEXTVAL%'
             )
           ON BNAME = TRIGGER_NAME
           LEFT JOIN
             (SELECT NAME WNAME,
               TEXT WTEXT
             FROM USER_SOURCE
             WHERE TYPE = 'TRIGGER'
             AND UPPER(TEXT) LIKE '%IS NULL%'
             )
           ON WNAME             = TRIGGER_NAME
           WHERE TRIGGER_TYPE   = 'BEFORE EACH ROW'
           AND TRIGGERING_EVENT = 'INSERT'
           )
         )
       ) ;
     EXECUTE IMMEDIATE STMT INTO STMT;
     --dbms_output.put_line(stmt);
     EXECUTE IMMEDIATE STMT;
   END RESET_USER_SEQUENCES_TO_DATA;
   

NOTES:

1. Procedure extracts names from trigger code and does not depend on naming conventions
2. To check generated code before execution, switch comments on last two lines