RE: Exhaused sequence
- From: "Powell, Mark D" <mark.powell@xxxxxxx>
- To: Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 08:50:09 -0500
We had the same problem and I solved it this way.
First create an IOT that consists only of a number(05) column.
Write a pl/sql script to start at the sequence starting value and fetch each
stored row sequence key valuye by key until it hits the maximum value. Use
the no_data_found exception to insert each missing sequence value into the
IOT
Write an anonymous transaction function that uses a select for update to
select one row from the IOT and immediate delete where current of then pass
the selected value back to the caller.
Replace the sequence name in the insert with the function name.
HTH -- Mark D Powell --
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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Leonard, George
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 1:13 AM
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Subject: RE: Exhaused sequence
Does it have to be type number,
If not consider using you function but return only 5 digits and prepend
a 'a' to it,
Basically when done with the a you can move to be, this opens up another
26 X 99999=20
George
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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Knight, Jon
Sent: 17 February 2005 23:55 PM
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Subject: Exhaused sequence
=20 We have a sequence that is about to reach it's maximum value (999999)=
.
Ordinarly, I would just expand the column and let it keep going, but it
populates a business column. They don't care what the value is, as long
as
it's unique and no longer than 6 digits. Of course, like many sequence
populated columns, it's not consecutive.
=20 I'd like to go back and fill in those "gaps" while the business users=
decide what they want to do. So, I'm thinking: reset the sequence to
zero &
create a function that calls nextval until it finds one that's
available.
Besides a performance hit, are there any other gotchas I'm missing?
Scalability?
=20 Has anyone done something similar before?
Thanks,
Jon Knight
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