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Re: oracle 8 and auto incrementing columns

From: Chris Schaeffer <c_schaef_at_rem.nl>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:05:30 +0100
Message-ID: <7cr13j$rsr$1@news2.xs4all.nl>


For table BBTbCategorie with numeric column DnKey

CREATE SEQUENCE SqCategorie_Key;

CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER TrBiCategorie   BEFORE INSERT ON BBTbCategorie
  FOR EACH ROW
  BEGIN
    SELECT SqCategorie_Key.NextVal INTO :new.DnKey FROM Dual;   END;
/

success,
Chris

Leif Kremkow heeft geschreven in bericht <36F0D972.F9DB0D32_at_t-online.de>...
>i'm trying to get a a column to auto increment, like sybase's "auto
>increment" or MS SQL's "identity".
>
>how do i do that in oracle 8? in sql or the enterprise manager...
>
>
>regards,,
>leif kremkow
Received on Thu Mar 18 1999 - 08:05:30 CST

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