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How to add serial to existing column in Postgres
SELECT MAX(column_name) + 1 FROM table_name; -- for example max=999
CREATE SEQUENCE table_name_column_name_seq START WITH 999; -- replace 999 with max above
ALTER TABLE table_name ALTER COLUMN column_name SET DEFAULT nextval('table_name_column_name_seq');
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D-latali commented Oct 21, 2021

thanks man it work perfectely in postgresql 9.6

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