Re: what could cause my oracle sequence nextval jump?
- From: "Howard Latham" <howard.latham@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: hkchital@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 08:57:15 +0100
hey we are not a bankers you know (luckily!) If its a temparature taken in a
time sequence or the last time a widget left the depot then resetting
sequences would be fine. And auditors wouldnt even be interested
On 05/10/2008, Hemant K Chitale <hkchital@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> "you can always run a process on the affected tables and re-set the
> sequenced value in order to avoid gaps".
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> I don't believe this. You are ALLOWED to do that ? And your users and
> auditors don't ask questions ?
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> At 12:57 AM Saturday, Bort, Guillermo wrote:
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>> If you need secuential numbers and cannot afford either gaps or locking
>> and generating numbers with a pl/sql function, you can always run a
>> process on the affected tables and re-set the sequenced value in order
>> to avoid gaps.
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>> An alternative to sequences, when you cannot afford gaps is using custom
>> pl/sql functions and perhaps even Oracle Queues. This would cause a
>> serious serialization of operations though.
>>
>> Guillermo Alan Bort
>> EDS - ITO DBA Main Group
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> Hemant K Chitale
> http://hemantoracledba.blogspot.com
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> "A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely
> uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble."
> Mohandas Gandhi Quotes :
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