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

This stored procedure restarts my sequence:

Create or Replace Procedure Reset_Sequence  
  is
  SeqNbr Number;
begin
   /*  Reset Sequence 'seqXRef_RowID' to 0    */
   Execute Immediate 'Select seqXRef.nextval from dual ' Into SeqNbr;
   Execute Immediate 'Alter sequence  seqXRef increment by - ' || TO_CHAR(SeqNbr) ;
   Execute Immediate 'Select seqXRef.nextval from dual ' Into SeqNbr;
   Execute Immediate 'Alter sequence  seqXRef increment by 1';
END;

/

Answer 2

The following script set the sequence to a desired value:

Given a freshly created sequence named PCS_PROJ_KEY_SEQ and table PCS_PROJ:

BEGIN
   DECLARE
      PROJ_KEY_MAX       NUMBER := 0;
      PROJ_KEY_CURRVAL   NUMBER := 0;
   BEGIN

    SELECT MAX (PROJ_KEY) INTO PROJ_KEY_MAX FROM PCS_PROJ;
    EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'ALTER SEQUENCE PCS_PROJ_KEY_SEQ INCREMENT BY ' || PROJ_KEY_MAX;
    SELECT PCS_PROJ_KEY_SEQ.NEXTVAL INTO PROJ_KEY_CURRVAL FROM DUAL;
    EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'ALTER SEQUENCE PCS_PROJ_KEY_SEQ INCREMENT BY 1';

END;
END;
/

Answer 3

I make an alternative that the user don’t need to know the values, the system get and use variables to update.

--Atualizando sequence da tabela SIGA_TRANSACAO, pois está desatualizada
DECLARE
 actual_sequence_number INTEGER;
 max_number_from_table INTEGER;
 difference INTEGER;
BEGIN
 SELECT [nome_da_sequence].nextval INTO actual_sequence_number FROM DUAL;
 SELECT MAX([nome_da_coluna]) INTO max_number_from_table FROM [nome_da_tabela];
 SELECT (max_number_from_table-actual_sequence_number) INTO difference FROM DUAL;
IF difference > 0 then
 EXECUTE IMMEDIATE CONCAT('alter sequence [nome_da_sequence] increment by ', difference);
 --aqui ele puxa o próximo valor usando o incremento necessário
 SELECT [nome_da_sequence].nextval INTO actual_sequence_number from dual;
--aqui volta o incremento para 1, para que futuras inserções funcionem normalmente
 EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'ALTER SEQUENCE [nome_da_sequence] INCREMENT by 1';
 DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('A sequence [nome_da_sequence] foi atualizada.');
ELSE
 DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('A sequence [nome_da_sequence] NÃO foi atualizada, já estava OK!');
END IF;
END;

Answer 4

Stored procedure that worked for me

create or replace
procedure reset_sequence( p_seq_name in varchar2, tablename in varchar2 )
is
    l_val number;
    maxvalueid number;
begin
    execute immediate 'select ' || p_seq_name || '.nextval from dual' INTO l_val;
    execute immediate 'select max(id) from ' || tablename INTO maxvalueid;
    execute immediate 'alter sequence ' || p_seq_name || ' increment by -' || l_val || ' minvalue 0';
    execute immediate 'select ' || p_seq_name || '.nextval from dual' INTO l_val;
    execute immediate 'alter sequence ' || p_seq_name || ' increment by '|| maxvalueid ||' minvalue 0';  
    execute immediate 'select ' || p_seq_name || '.nextval from dual' INTO l_val;
    execute immediate 'alter sequence ' || p_seq_name || ' increment by 1 minvalue 0';
end;

How to use the stored procedure:

execute reset_sequence('company_sequence','company');

Answer 5

1) Suppose you create a SEQUENCE like shown below:

CREATE SEQUENCE TESTSEQ
INCREMENT BY 1
MINVALUE 1
MAXVALUE 500
NOCACHE
NOCYCLE
NOORDER

2) Now you fetch values from SEQUENCE. Lets say I have fetched four times as shown below.

SELECT TESTSEQ.NEXTVAL FROM dual
SELECT TESTSEQ.NEXTVAL FROM dual
SELECT TESTSEQ.NEXTVAL FROM dual
SELECT TESTSEQ.NEXTVAL FROM dual

3) After executing above four commands the value of the SEQUENCE will be 4. Now suppose I have reset the value of the SEQUENCE to 1 again. The follow the following steps. Follow all the steps in the same order as shown below:

1. ALTER SEQUENCE TESTSEQ INCREMENT BY -3;
2. SELECT TESTSEQ.NEXTVAL FROM dual
3. ALTER SEQUENCE TESTSEQ INCREMENT BY 1;
4. SELECT TESTSEQ.NEXTVAL FROM dual

Answer 6

Here's a more robust procedure for altering the next value returned by a sequence, plus a whole lot more.

• First off it protects against SQL injection attacks since none of the strings passed in are used to directly create any of the dynamic SQL statements,
• Second it prevents the next sequence value from being set outside the bounds of the min or max sequence values. The next_value will be != min_value and between min_value and max_value.
• Third it takes the current (or proposed) increment_by setting as well as all the other sequence settings into account when cleaning up.
• Fourth all parameters except the first are optional and unless specified take on the current sequence setting as defaults. If no optional parameters are specified no action is taken.
• Finally if you try altering a sequence that doesn't exist (or is not owned by the current user) it will raise an ORA-01403: no data found error.

Here's the code:

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE alter_sequence(
    seq_name      user_sequences.sequence_name%TYPE
  , next_value    user_sequences.last_number%TYPE := null
  , increment_by  user_sequences.increment_by%TYPE := null
  , min_value     user_sequences.min_value%TYPE := null
  , max_value     user_sequences.max_value%TYPE := null
  , cycle_flag    user_sequences.cycle_flag%TYPE := null
  , cache_size    user_sequences.cache_size%TYPE := null
  , order_flag    user_sequences.order_flag%TYPE := null)
  AUTHID CURRENT_USER
AS
  l_seq user_sequences%rowtype;
  l_old_cache user_sequences.cache_size%TYPE;
  l_next user_sequences.min_value%TYPE;
BEGIN
  -- Get current sequence settings as defaults
  SELECT * INTO l_seq FROM user_sequences WHERE sequence_name = seq_name;

  -- Update target settings
  l_old_cache := l_seq.cache_size;
  l_seq.increment_by := nvl(increment_by, l_seq.increment_by);
  l_seq.min_value    := nvl(min_value, l_seq.min_value);
  l_seq.max_value    := nvl(max_value, l_seq.max_value);
  l_seq.cycle_flag   := nvl(cycle_flag, l_seq.cycle_flag);
  l_seq.cache_size   := nvl(cache_size, l_seq.cache_size);
  l_seq.order_flag   := nvl(order_flag, l_seq.order_flag);

  IF next_value is NOT NULL THEN
    -- Determine next value without exceeding limits
    l_next := LEAST(GREATEST(next_value, l_seq.min_value+1),l_seq.max_value);

    -- Grab the actual latest seq number
    EXECUTE IMMEDIATE
        'ALTER SEQUENCE '||l_seq.sequence_name
            || ' INCREMENT BY 1'
            || ' MINVALUE '||least(l_seq.min_value,l_seq.last_number-l_old_cache)
            || ' MAXVALUE '||greatest(l_seq.max_value,l_seq.last_number)
            || ' NOCACHE'
            || ' ORDER';
    EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 
      'SELECT '||l_seq.sequence_name||'.NEXTVAL FROM DUAL'
    INTO l_seq.last_number;

    l_next := l_next-l_seq.last_number-1;

    -- Reset the sequence number
    IF l_next <> 0 THEN
      EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 
        'ALTER SEQUENCE '||l_seq.sequence_name
            || ' INCREMENT BY '||l_next
            || ' MINVALUE '||least(l_seq.min_value,l_seq.last_number)
            || ' MAXVALUE '||greatest(l_seq.max_value,l_seq.last_number)
            || ' NOCACHE'
            || ' ORDER';
      EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 
        'SELECT '||l_seq.sequence_name||'.NEXTVAL FROM DUAL'
      INTO l_next;
    END IF;
  END IF;

  -- Prepare Sequence for next use.
  IF COALESCE( cycle_flag
             , next_value
             , increment_by
             , min_value
             , max_value
             , cache_size
             , order_flag) IS NOT NULL
  THEN
    EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 
      'ALTER SEQUENCE '||l_seq.sequence_name
          || ' INCREMENT BY '||l_seq.increment_by
          || ' MINVALUE '||l_seq.min_value
          || ' MAXVALUE '||l_seq.max_value
          || CASE l_seq.cycle_flag
             WHEN 'Y' THEN ' CYCLE' ELSE ' NOCYCLE' END
          || CASE l_seq.cache_size
             WHEN 0 THEN ' NOCACHE'
             ELSE ' CACHE '||l_seq.cache_size END
          || CASE l_seq.order_flag
             WHEN 'Y' THEN ' ORDER' ELSE ' NOORDER' END;
  END IF;
END;