Re: Sequence Numbers
From: Mike Friedman <mfriedma_at_oracle.uucp>
Date: 1995/04/07
Message-ID: <3m3thf$e4h_at_dcsun4.us.oracle.com>#1/1
Date: 1995/04/07
Message-ID: <3m3thf$e4h_at_dcsun4.us.oracle.com>#1/1
In article <3lpa1l$n17_at_watnews1.watson.ibm.com> stan_at_lfs.loral.com (Stan Driggs) writes:
>As long as we are discussing sequence numbers, does anyone have an answer to
>this question:
>How can you get a sequence that never issues a number that is already in
>use in a table?
>Sequence numbers are obviously most useful for creating unique numbers that
>can be used as keys. The problem is, you run out of numbers at some point
>(before infinity), so the sequence must cycle.
I would be very impressed to see an application that was able to cycle through a 20 digit sequence number. Received on Fri Apr 07 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST