Jekyll2022-05-22T13:36:25+00:00https://coffeejunk.dev/feed.xmlcoffeejunk.devHey there! I'm Max! On the internet I usually go by `coffeejunk`. I'm a freelance software developer, work primarily with Ruby.PostgreSQL: search for fields starting or ending with whitespace2020-09-09T00:00:00+00:002020-09-09T00:00:00+00:00https://coffeejunk.dev/til/2020/09/09/postgres-select-values-with-whitespace
select * from table_name where column_name ~ '^\s+|\s+$';
]]>Rails: reset postgres primary key sequence2020-09-09T00:00:00+00:002020-09-09T00:00:00+00:00https://coffeejunk.dev/til/2020/09/09/reset-rails-primary-key-seqTo reset the primary key sequence of a table in a PostgreSQL backed Ruby on Rails application, run:

ActiveRecord::Base.connection.reset_pk_sequence!('table_name')

The method is not publicly documented, but you can find more details in the implementation.

]]>