Reset sequence value as 1

Question

I need that after TRUNCATE table, reset his sequence, for this I do :

SELECT setval(\'mytable_id_seq\', 1) 

After, when insert

Answer 1

Either use the third argument for setval():

setval(yourseq, 1, false)

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-sequence.html

Or alter the sequence:

alter sequence yourseq restart

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-altersequence.html

Answer 2

First set the minimum value of the sequence

alter sequence mytable_id_seq minvalue 0 start with 1;

Now either reset it:

SELECT setval('mytable_id_seq', 0)

Or reset it while truncating:

truncate mytable restart identity;