List all sequences in a Postgres db 8.1 with SQL

Question

I\'m converting a db from postgres to mysql.

Since i cannot find a tool that does the trick itself, i\'m going to convert all postgres sequences to autoincrement id

Answer 1

This statement lists the table and column that is associated with each sequence:

Code:

    SELECT t.relname as related_table, 
           a.attname as related_column,
           s.relname as sequence_name
    FROM pg_class s 
      JOIN pg_depend d ON d.objid = s.oid 
      JOIN pg_class t ON d.objid = s.oid AND d.refobjid = t.oid 
      JOIN pg_attribute a ON (d.refobjid, d.refobjsubid) = (a.attrelid, a.attnum)
      JOIN pg_namespace n ON n.oid = s.relnamespace 
    WHERE s.relkind     = 'S' 

  AND n.nspname     = 'public'

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Answer 2

I know the question was about postgresql version 8 but I wrote this simple way here for people who want to get sequences in version 10 and upper

you can use the bellow query

select * from pg_sequences

view-pg-sequences

Answer 3

Get sequences by each column of each table via parsing of DEFAULT clause. This method provides info about to which column sequences are linked and does not use dependencies which may not exist for some sequences. Even pg_get_serial_sequence(sch.nspname||'.'||tbl.relname, col.attname) function found not all sequences for me!

Solution:

SELECT
    seq_sch.nspname  AS sequence_schema
  , seq.relname      AS sequence_name
  , seq_use."schema" AS used_in_schema
  , seq_use."table"  AS used_in_table
  , seq_use."column" AS used_in_column
FROM pg_class seq
  INNER JOIN pg_namespace seq_sch ON seq_sch.oid = seq.relnamespace
  LEFT JOIN (
              SELECT
                  sch.nspname AS "schema"
                , tbl.relname AS "table"
                , col.attname AS "column"
                , regexp_split_to_array(
                      TRIM(LEADING 'nextval(''' FROM
                           TRIM(TRAILING '''::regclass)' FROM
                                pg_get_expr(def.adbin, tbl.oid, TRUE)
                           )
                      )
                      , '\.'
                  )           AS column_sequence
              FROM pg_class tbl --the table
                INNER JOIN pg_namespace sch ON sch.oid = tbl.relnamespace
                --schema
                INNER JOIN pg_attribute col ON col.attrelid = tbl.oid
                --columns
                INNER JOIN pg_attrdef def ON (def.adrelid = tbl.oid AND def.adnum = col.attnum) --default values for columns
              WHERE tbl.relkind = 'r' --regular relations (tables) only
                    AND col.attnum > 0 --regular columns only
                    AND def.adsrc LIKE 'nextval(%)' --sequences only
            ) seq_use ON (seq_use.column_sequence [1] = seq_sch.nspname AND seq_use.column_sequence [2] = seq.relname)
WHERE seq.relkind = 'S' --sequences only
ORDER BY sequence_schema, sequence_name;

Note that 1 sequence can be used in multiple tables, so it can be listed in multiple rows here.

Answer 4

Thanks for your help.

Here is the pl/pgsql function which update each sequence of a database.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- Nom : reset_sequence
--- Description : Générique - met à jour les séquences au max de l'identifiant
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION reset_sequence() RETURNS void AS 
$BODY$
DECLARE _sql VARCHAR := '';
DECLARE result threecol%rowtype; 
BEGIN
FOR result IN 
WITH fq_objects AS (SELECT c.oid,n.nspname || '.' ||c.relname AS fqname ,c.relkind, c.relname AS relation FROM pg_class c JOIN pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace ),
    sequences AS (SELECT oid,fqname FROM fq_objects WHERE relkind = 'S'),
    tables    AS (SELECT oid, fqname FROM fq_objects WHERE relkind = 'r' )
SELECT
       s.fqname AS sequence,
       t.fqname AS table,
       a.attname AS column
FROM
     pg_depend d JOIN sequences s ON s.oid = d.objid
                 JOIN tables t ON t.oid = d.refobjid
                 JOIN pg_attribute a ON a.attrelid = d.refobjid and a.attnum = d.refobjsubid
WHERE
     d.deptype = 'a' 
LOOP
     EXECUTE 'SELECT setval('''||result.col1||''', COALESCE((SELECT MAX('||result.col3||')+1 FROM '||result.col2||'), 1), false);';
END LOOP;
END;$BODY$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;

SELECT * FROM reset_sequence();

Answer 5

select sequence_name, (xpath('/row/last_value/text()', xml_count))[1]::text::int as last_value
from (
    select sequence_schema,
            sequence_name,         
            query_to_xml(format('select last_value from %I.%I', sequence_schema, sequence_name), false, true, '') as xml_count
    from information_schema.sequences
    where sequence_schema = 'public'
) new_table order by last_value desc;

Answer 6

Here is another one which has the schema name beside the sequence name

select nspname,relname from pg_class c join pg_namespace n on c.relnamespace=n.oid where relkind = 'S' order by nspname