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3 The view <code class="structname">pg_sequences</code> provides access to
4 useful information about each sequence in the database.
5 </p><div class="table" id="id-1.10.5.28.4"><p class="title"><strong>Table 53.24. <code class="structname">pg_sequences</code> Columns</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="pg_sequences Columns" border="1"><colgroup><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
10 </p></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
11 <code class="structfield">schemaname</code> <code class="type">name</code>
12 (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-namespace.html" title="52.32. pg_namespace"><code class="structname">pg_namespace</code></a>.<code class="structfield">nspname</code>)
15 Name of schema containing sequence
16 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
17 <code class="structfield">sequencename</code> <code class="type">name</code>
18 (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-class.html" title="52.11. pg_class"><code class="structname">pg_class</code></a>.<code class="structfield">relname</code>)
22 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
23 <code class="structfield">sequenceowner</code> <code class="type">name</code>
24 (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-authid.html" title="52.8. pg_authid"><code class="structname">pg_authid</code></a>.<code class="structfield">rolname</code>)
27 Name of sequence's owner
28 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
29 <code class="structfield">data_type</code> <code class="type">regtype</code>
30 (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-type.html" title="52.64. pg_type"><code class="structname">pg_type</code></a>.<code class="structfield">oid</code>)
33 Data type of the sequence
34 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
35 <code class="structfield">start_value</code> <code class="type">int8</code>
38 Start value of the sequence
39 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
40 <code class="structfield">min_value</code> <code class="type">int8</code>
43 Minimum value of the sequence
44 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
45 <code class="structfield">max_value</code> <code class="type">int8</code>
48 Maximum value of the sequence
49 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
50 <code class="structfield">increment_by</code> <code class="type">int8</code>
53 Increment value of the sequence
54 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
55 <code class="structfield">cycle</code> <code class="type">bool</code>
58 Whether the sequence cycles
59 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
60 <code class="structfield">cache_size</code> <code class="type">int8</code>
63 Cache size of the sequence
64 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
65 <code class="structfield">last_value</code> <code class="type">int8</code>
68 The last sequence value written to disk. If caching is used,
69 this value can be greater than the last value handed out from the
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72 The <code class="structfield">last_value</code> column will read as null if any of
73 the following are true:
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75 The sequence has not been read from yet.
76 </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
77 The current user does not have <code class="literal">USAGE</code> or
78 <code class="literal">SELECT</code> privilege on the sequence.
79 </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
80 The sequence is unlogged and the server is a standby.
81 </p></li></ul></div><p>
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