List all sequences in a Postgres db 8.1 with SQL

sequence info : max value

SELECT * FROM information_schema.sequences;

sequence info : last value

SELECT * FROM <sequence_name>

I know the question was about postgresql version 8 but I wrote this simple way here for people who want to get sequences in version 10 and upper

you can use the bellow query

select * from pg_sequences

view-pg-sequences

Get all sequence:

select * from pg_sequences;

PSQL:

\ds
\ds+
\ds *actor*

\ds *actor* will get all the sequence that sequence name contains actor characters.

select sequence_name, (xpath('/row/last_value/text()', xml_count))[1]::text::int as last_value
from (
    select sequence_schema,
            sequence_name,         
            query_to_xml(format('select last_value from %I.%I', sequence_schema, sequence_name), false, true, '') as xml_count
    from information_schema.sequences
    where sequence_schema = 'public'
) new_table order by last_value desc;

Get sequences by each column of each table via parsing of DEFAULT clause. This method provides info about to which column sequences are linked and does not use dependencies which may not exist for some sequences. Even pg_get_serial_sequence(sch.nspname||'.'||tbl.relname, col.attname) function found not all sequences for me!

Solution:

SELECT
    seq_sch.nspname  AS sequence_schema
  , seq.relname      AS sequence_name
  , seq_use."schema" AS used_in_schema
  , seq_use."table"  AS used_in_table
  , seq_use."column" AS used_in_column
FROM pg_class seq
  INNER JOIN pg_namespace seq_sch ON seq_sch.oid = seq.relnamespace
  LEFT JOIN (
              SELECT
                  sch.nspname AS "schema"
                , tbl.relname AS "table"
                , col.attname AS "column"
                , regexp_split_to_array(
                      TRIM(LEADING 'nextval(''' FROM
                           TRIM(TRAILING '''::regclass)' FROM
                                pg_get_expr(def.adbin, tbl.oid, TRUE)
                           )
                      )
                      , '\.'
                  )           AS column_sequence
              FROM pg_class tbl --the table
                INNER JOIN pg_namespace sch ON sch.oid = tbl.relnamespace
                --schema
                INNER JOIN pg_attribute col ON col.attrelid = tbl.oid
                --columns
                INNER JOIN pg_attrdef def ON (def.adrelid = tbl.oid AND def.adnum = col.attnum) --default values for columns
              WHERE tbl.relkind = 'r' --regular relations (tables) only
                    AND col.attnum > 0 --regular columns only
                    AND def.adsrc LIKE 'nextval(%)' --sequences only
            ) seq_use ON (seq_use.column_sequence [1] = seq_sch.nspname AND seq_use.column_sequence [2] = seq.relname)
WHERE seq.relkind = 'S' --sequences only
ORDER BY sequence_schema, sequence_name;

Note that 1 sequence can be used in multiple tables, so it can be listed in multiple rows here.

This function shows the last_value of each sequence.

It outputs a 2 columns table that says the sequence name plus it's last generated value.

drop function if exists public.show_sequence_stats();
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.show_sequence_stats()
    RETURNS TABLE(tablename text, last_value bigint) 
    LANGUAGE 'plpgsql'
    COST 100
    VOLATILE 
    ROWS 1000
AS $BODY$
declare r refcursor; rec record; dynamic_query varchar;
        BEGIN
            dynamic_query='select tablename,last_value from (';
            open r for execute 'select nspname,relname from pg_class c join pg_namespace n on c.relnamespace=n.oid where relkind = ''S'' order by nspname'; 
            fetch next from r into rec;
            while found 
            loop
                dynamic_query=dynamic_query || 'select '''|| rec.nspname || '.' || rec.relname ||''' "tablename",last_value from ' || rec.nspname || '.' || rec.relname || ' union all ';
                fetch next from r into rec; 
            end loop;
            close r; 
            dynamic_query=rtrim(dynamic_query,'union all') || ') x order by last_value desc;';
            return query execute dynamic_query;
        END;
$BODY$;

select * from show_sequence_stats();

Assuming exec() function declared in this post https://stackoverflow.com/a/46721603/653539 , sequences together with their last values can be fetched using single query:

select s.sequence_schema, s.sequence_name,
  (select * from exec('select last_value from ' || s.sequence_schema || '.' || s.sequence_name) as e(lv bigint)) last_value
from information_schema.sequences s

Here is an example how to use psql to get a list of all sequences with their last_value:

psql -U <username> -d <database> -t -c "SELECT 'SELECT ''' || c.relname || ''' as sequence_name, last_value FROM ' || c.relname || ';' FROM pg_class c WHERE (c.relkind = 'S')" | psql -U <username> -d <database> -t