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Re: How to increased by exactly 1 ?

From: Alan <not.me_at_rcn.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 13:52:03 -0500
Message-ID: <35flo9F4ldm4vU1@individual.net> 






"Den" <dd_at_hotmail.net> wrote in message news:41f0c5b4_1_at_rain.i-cable.com...


> How can I guarantee a column's value is increased by exactly 1 for every

new


> row added ?

>

> I cannot use sequence and .nextval to achieve this as there is no

guarantee


> the value is increased by exactly 1.

>




I am always amazed that anyone thinks they need to do this at all. What
business purpose are you trying to accomplish?
Received on Sat Jan 22 2005 - 12:52:03 CST












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