Re: [EXTERNAL] Any objection to documenting pg_sequence_last_value()?

On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 4:37 AM Hanefi Onaldi
<Hanefi.Onaldi@microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I recently used pg_sequence_last_value() when working on a feature in an extension, and it would have been easier for
meif there were some documentation for this function. 
>
> I'd like to help document this function if there are no objections.
>
> Best,
> Hanefi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Coleman <jtc331@gmail.com>
> Sent: 6 Ağustos 2020 Perşembe 16:14
> To: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Any objection to documenting pg_sequence_last_value()?
>
> The function pg_sequence_last_value() was added to underlie the pg_sequences view, and it's the only way I'm aware of
fromuserspace to directly get the last value of a sequence globally (i.e., not within the current session like
currval()/lastval()).Obviously you can join to the pg_sequences view, but that's sometimes unnecessarily cumbersome
sinceit doesn't expose the relid of the sequence. 
>
> When that function got added it apparently wasn't added to the docs, though I'm not sure if that was intentional or
not.
>
> Does anyone have any objections to documenting
> pg_sequence_last_value() in the sequence manipulation functions doc page?
>
> James
>
>

Given there's been no objection, I think it'd be worth submitting a
patch (and I'd be happy to review if you're willing to author one).

James