Re: nextval() on serial using old, existing value on insert?

Am 11.05.23 um 14:38 schrieb hubert depesz lubaczewski:
> On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 10:06:28PM -0700, Wells Oliver wrote:
>> As a follow up, I've selected max(common_key) from the table and
>> setval()'ed on the sequence to that +1 and I think that should make this go
>> away. Any reason why that's insane?
> If you're on pg 10 or newer, you can make the id to be "generated always
> as identity" which will make it impossible to provide id value from
> user, thus making the problem impossible to happen.
>
> Best regards,
>
> depesz

Impossible to happen by chance. A malicious user could always use 
OVERRIDING SYSTEM VALUE clause.

Kind Regards,

Holger

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