How do I reset a sequence in Oracle?

Question

In PostgreSQL, I can do something like this:

ALTER SEQUENCE serial RESTART WITH 0;

Is there an Oracle equivalent?

Answer 1

You can use the CYCLE option, shown below:

CREATE SEQUENCE test_seq
MINVALUE 0
MAXVALUE 100
START WITH 0
INCREMENT BY 1
CYCLE;

In this case, when the sequence reaches MAXVALUE (100), it will recycle to the MINVALUE (0).

In the case of a decremented sequence, the sequence would recycle to the MAXVALUE.