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Re: sequence number

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:51:42 -0800
Message-ID: <1100238625.976832@yasure>


Jack wrote:

> . It is better to give sequence to each table .
> 
> <db2group88_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message 
> news:111e249e.0411080512.5c5090f4_at_posting.google.com...
> 

>>before, we use DB2 identity column to generate auto number for each
>>row for unique number.our application has thousands table and each one
>>required to have one identity column. now we switch to oracle db 10g,
>>as i know we can use sequence number to generate the number. but i
>>would like to know from performance standpoint. is it better to give
>>sequence to each table or use one sequence for the whole database.
>>thanks

Why?

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Daniel A. Morgan
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Received on Thu Nov 11 2004 - 23:51:42 CST

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