How to reset the sequence for IDs on PostgreSQL tables

Question

I recently imported a lot of data from an old database into a new Postgresql database as the basis for models in a new Django site.

I used the IDs from the old datab

Answer 1

So the quickest, easiest and most "Django" way to do this in my opinion is to use the following management command:

python manage.py sqlsequencereset app_name

After this, you'll get something such as:

BEGIN;
SELECT setval(pg_get_serial_sequence('"measurements_quantity"','id'), coalesce(max("id"), 1), max("id") IS NOT null) FROM "measurements.Quantities";
SELECT setval(pg_get_serial_sequence('"measurements.Prefixes"','id'), coalesce(max("id"), 1), max("id") IS NOT null) FROM "measurements.Prefixes";
COMMIT;

The next step is to run this in the python manage.py dbshell management command, so run this and then you'll see the interaction database shell in your terminal:

psql (11.7 (Debian 11.7-0+deb10u1), server 11.5 (Debian 11.5-1.pgdg90+1))
Type "help" for help.

postgres=# BEGIN;
BEGIN
postgres=# SELECT setval(pg_get_serial_sequence('"measurements.Quantities"','id'), coalesce(max("id"), 1), max("id") IS NOT null) FROM "measurements.Quantities";
 setval 
--------
      1
(1 row)

postgres=# SELECT setval(pg_get_serial_sequence('"measurements.Prefixes"','id'), coalesce(max("id"), 1), max("id") IS NOT null) FROM "measurements.Prefixes";
 setval 
--------
      1
(1 row)

postgres=# COMMIT;
COMMIT
postgres=# exit

Simple as that. The python manage.py sqlsequencereset app_name command will give you the SQL you need to run, and you run it in the dbshell.

No writing your own custom SQL or custom code and it will give you what you need in the correct format and db engine of choice.