Re: Serial Datatypes - Oracle Equivalent

From: Mark Powell <Mark.Powell_at_eds.com>
Date: 5 Nov 1998 14:20:55 GMT
Message-ID: <01be08c7$cd2c4fe0$a12c6394@J00679271.ddc.eds.com>

I am only guessing since you do not state who's serial datatype you are referring to or how it works, but I believe that you are looking for Oracle sequence generator.

The Oracle sequence generator creates unique numeric keys in a sequential order. See the create sequence command of the SQL manual.

Nick Lehane <LehaneN_at_logica.com> wrote in article <01be08ad$c9adaf40$0159ea9e_at_mothergoose>...
> Hi,
>
> Can anyone tell me if there is an Oracle equivalent to serial datatypes
> please?
>
> Nick
>
Received on Thu Nov 05 1998 - 08:20:55 CST