in reply to Perl/DBI autoincrement

Just in case anybody super-searches this node, the Oracle equivalent here is:

INSERT INTO ATABLE ( FIELD1 ) SELECT SEQ_NAME.NEXTVAL;

Then to retrieve the sequence value just entered:

SELECT SEQ_NAME.CURRVAL FROM DUAL

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Re: Re: Perl/DBI autoincrement
by duckyd (Hermit) on Jul 18, 2003 at 16:55 UTC
    Alternatively,
    INSERT INTO <TABLE> ( foo, bar) VALUES ( sequence_name.nextval, 'value_for_bar');