Re: Creating IDs subsequently

Sure, you can write routines that compute time in fractional seconds, using Java or External C calls. Heck, you can even do this in PL/SQL with the GET_TIME function. But the trick comes in storing those computed values and doing date arithmetic with them!!!!

Cheers,
Brian

Billy Verreynne wrote:
>
> andrewst <member14183_at_dbforums.com> wrote
>
> > TIMESTAMP goes down to fractional seconds, but Gerd has already said he
> > doesn't have Oracle 9.
>
> But that can be written as a Java function in Oracle 8 to provide the
> same functionality that is available in Oracle 9.
>
> --
> Billy

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