Re: Sequences: where do 'unused' numbers go in case of rollback

From: Steve Edelstein <74160.645_at_CompuServe.COM>
Date: 1995/10/03
Message-ID: <44rffv$rgh$2_at_mhadg.production.compuserve.com>#1/1


Numbers not used in a rollback are lost. The only way to reuse the number(s) is to drop and recreate the sequence, as in drop sequence x;
create sequence x start with 123; (or the number you need)

Otherwise there will be holes in the sequence.

STEVE

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