Re: How to so select on sequence ?

Try something like this:

SELECT seq.nextval FROM dual;

hope it helps.
Randy :)

Shinu Gupta (shinu_at_openix.com) wrote:
: Hi:
 

: I am rather new to Oracle. I am currently using sequences for generating unique
: numbers. I am able to use seq.nextval and seq.currval successfully in insert
: and update statements.
 

: I want to do a select on the sequence, increment the value and save the value
: in a variable. The book says that I can do select on a sequence - but i can't
: figure out how.

: select nextVal from seq
 

: fails.
 

: Shinu Gupta

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