Re: CREATE SEQUENCE with RESTART option

On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 10:09 AM Amul Sul <sulamul@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 6:52 PM Bharath Rupireddy
> <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 6:04 PM Ashutosh Bapat
> > <ashutosh.bapat.oss@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > At best CREATE SEQUENCE .... START ... RESTART ... can be a shorthand
> > > for CREATE SEQUENCE ... START; ALTER SEQUENCE ... RESTART run back to
> > > back. So it looks useful but in rare cases.
> >
> > I personally feel that let's not mix up START and RESTART in CREATE
> > SEQUENCE. If required, users will run ALTER SEQUENCE RESTART
> > separately, that will be a clean way.
> >
> > > Said all that I agree that if we are supporting CREATE SEQUENCE ...
> > > RESTART then we should document it, correctly. If that's not the
> > > intention, we should disallow RESTART with CREATE SEQUENCE.
> >
> > As I mentioned upthread, it's better to disallow (throw error) if
> > RESTART is specified for CREATE SEQUENCE. Having said that, I would
> > like to hear from others.
> >
>
> FWIW, +1.
>
> The RESTART clause in the CREATE SEQUENCE doesn't make sense
> to me, it should be restricted, IMO.

Thanks! Attaching a patch that throws an error if the RESTART option
is specified with CREATE SEQUENCE. Please have a look and let me know
if the error message wording is fine or not. Is it better to include
the reason as to why we disallow something like "Because it may
override the START option." in err_detail along with the error
message?

With Regards,
Bharath Rupireddy.
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