Re: Why Oracle don't have AUTO_INCREMENT as in MySQL

Galen Boyer wrote:

>> The Oracle sequence is a far more intelligent way to solve the
>> problem.

If a developer can't handle

INSERT INTO t
(idcol)
VALUES
(idseq.NEXTVAL);

Then they should learn to say 'do you want fries with that'.

I hate to be a bit harsh here but it isn't exactly like asking them to step up to a real hardship like curly braces or assembler.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
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