Re: Sequences and Import

On 29 Aug 2002 13:25:21 -0700, tilwenbr_at_netscape.net (Tilwen) wrote:

>I've done this before and have looked in the archives and really
>didn't get the answer I was looking for. I did a user export from
>database A and then did a fromuser to user import to database B. I
>also dropped this user and recreted it. After the data was imported,
>we started getting a primary key constraints from the sequences. You
>probably know the question and answer; however, I've done this before
>and haven't had any problems. At least no one has told me so. I have
>read in the archives that the sequences are seperate from other
>objects, which makes perfectly sense. My question is, do the sequences
>start completely over, or start with the last number that was imported
>from the database a. It acts like that it starts over from one. Then
>in reality, it wasn't done right before. :) . I'm still learning. :)
>
>Mike

They don't start all over, IIRC

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

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