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Re: Does Sequence take up database storage?

From: Connor McDonald <connor_mcdonald_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 2000/06/14
Message-ID: <3947694B.3AB9@yahoo.com>#1/1

junwen wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Can anybody tell me what is the use of sequence and does it take up any
> storage in database
> ?
>
> Regards,
> Junwen

Sort of - they are in SEQ$ - one row per sequence - hardly anything at all.

They are very useful for populating columns that require a unique value for every row in a table.

HTH

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Received on Wed Jun 14 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT

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