alterSequence

Alters properties of an existing sequence.

Run alterSequence

To run this Change Type, follow these steps:

  1. Add the Change Type to your changeset, as shown in the examples on this page.
  2. Specify any required attributes. Use the table on this page to see which ones your database requires.
  3. Deploy your changeset by running the update command:
    4. liquibase update

Available attributes

Name Description Required for Supports
cacheSize

Number of values to fetch per query

 asany, db2, db2z, derby, h2, hsqldb, informix, ingres, mariadb, mssql, mysql, oracle, postgresql, sqlite, sybase
catalogName

Name of the catalog

 asany, db2, db2z, derby, h2, hsqldb, informix, ingres, mariadb, mssql, mysql, oracle, postgresql, sqlite, sybase
cycle

Boolean. Can the sequence cycle when it hits the max value?

 asany, db2, db2z, derby, h2, hsqldb, informix, ingres, mariadb, mssql, mysql, oracle, postgresql, sqlite, sybase
dataType

Data type of the sequence

 asany, derby, informix, postgresql
incrementBy

Integer amount to increment by at each call

 asany, db2, db2z, derby, informix, mssql, oracle, postgresql
maxValue

Sets the maximum value of the sequence

 asany, db2, db2z, derby, h2, informix, mssql, oracle, postgresql
minValue

Sets the minimum value of the sequence

 asany, db2, db2z, derby, h2, hsqldb, informix, ingres, mariadb, mssql, mysql, oracle, postgresql, sqlite, sybase
ordered

Boolean. Does the sequence need to be guaranteed to be generated in the order of request?

 asany, db2z, derby, h2, informix, oracle, postgresql
schemaName

Name of the schema

 asany, db2, db2z, derby, h2, hsqldb, informix, ingres, mariadb, mssql, mysql, oracle, postgresql, sqlite, sybase
sequenceName

Name of the sequence

 all all

Examples

--liquibase formatted sql

--changeset liquibase-docs:alterSequence-example
ALTER  SEQUENCE  [public].seq_id  AS  int  INCREMENT  BY  371717  MINVALUE  371717  MAXVALUE  371717  ORDER;
databaseChangeLog:
-  changeSet:
    id:  alterSequence-example
    author:  liquibase-docs
    changes:
    -  alterSequence:
        cacheSize:  371717
        catalogName:  cat
        cycle:  true
        dataType:  int
        incrementBy:  371717
        maxValue:  371717
        minValue:  371717
        ordered:  true
        schemaName:  public
        sequenceName:  seq_id
{
    "databaseChangeLog": [
        {
            "changeSet": {
                "id": "alterSequence-example",
                "author": "liquibase-docs",
                "changes": [
                    {
                        "alterSequence": {
                            "cacheSize": 371717,
                            "catalogName": "cat",
                            "cycle": true,
                            "dataType": "int",
                            "incrementBy": 371717,
                            "maxValue": 371717,
                            "minValue": 371717,
                            "ordered": true,
                            "schemaName": "public",
                            "sequenceName": "seq_id"
                        }
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    ]
}
<databaseChangeLog
    xmlns="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:ext="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext"
    xmlns:pro="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-latest.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-ext.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro/liquibase-pro-latest.xsd">

    <changeSet  author="liquibase-docs"  id="alterSequence-example">
        <alterSequence  cacheSize="371717"
            catalogName="cat"
            cycle="true"
            dataType="int"
            incrementBy="371717"
            maxValue="371717"
            minValue="371717"
            ordered="true"
            schemaName="public"
            sequenceName="seq_id"/>
    </changeSet>

</databaseChangeLog>

Database support

Database Notes Auto Rollback
DB2/LUW Supported No
DB2/z Supported No
Derby Supported No
Firebird Supported No
Google BigQuery Supported No
H2 Supported No
HyperSQL Supported No
INGRES Not Supported No
Informix Supported No
MariaDB Not Supported No
MySQL Not Supported No
Oracle Supported No
PostgreSQL Supported No
Snowflake Supported No
SQL Server Supported No
SQLite Not Supported No
Sybase Not Supported No
Sybase Anywhere Supported No