The RESTART WITH clause allows the database administrator to reset the sequence to a specified value. The value must be within the range of MINVALUE and MAXVALUE. This command requires exclusive access to the sequence. Once the ALTER SEQUENCE statement is successfully committed, applications that use the sequence will start with a value based on the restarted value. NOTE The TRUNCATE TABLE statement issued for a table with an IDENTITY column implicitly executes an ALTER SEQUENCE...RESTART WITH process on the sequence, applying the MINVALUE if it is an ascending sequence, or MAXVALUE if it is a descending sequence.