Re: Reset sequence to current maximum value of rows

Two tables have a sequence for the PK. Over time I manually entered the PK
numbers not being aware of applying DEFAULT to generate the next number.

I just tried to set one table's PK sequence to the current max(PK) value
using this expression from a stackexchange thread:
SELECT setval('<sequence_name>', <current_max_number>, true);  -- next value will be max(PK) + 1

Needing to add a new row to a table for a specific industry table (with 52
rows) I set the PK as DEFAULT in the INSERT INTO expression. To my surprise
and disappointment all 52 rows now have the company_name column as the newly
inserted name. Feh! I need to restore all the correct names for each PK.