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.TH "CREATE SEQUENCE" SQL 04/01/97 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
.SH NAME
create sequence \(em create a new sequence number generator
.BR nextval
with sequence name as argument to get new number from sequence
specified.
-To determine the current sequence number use function
-.BR currval
-('sequence_name').
-.BR NOTE:
-after sequence creation You are to call
+Function
+.BR currval
+('sequence_name')
+may be used to determine number returned by last call to
.BR nextval
-before first call to
-.BR currval.
+for specified sequence in current session.
.PP
.nf
Use query like