Thanks for the clarification. I thought it would have to be a session specific 'problem'. Thanks, Chris Taylor "Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort." -- John Ruskin (English Writer 1819-1900) Any views and/or opinions expressed herein are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Ingram Industries, its affiliates, its subsidiaries or its employees. -----Original Message----- From: Howard Latham [mailto:howard.latham@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 7:59 AM To: Taylor, Chris David Cc: ilmar.kerm@xxxxxxxxx; Oracle-L Freelists Subject: Re: HOW TO SET SEQUENCE VALUE Value is selected and Assigned Then 1 of several disasters happen. 1. Power Cut 2. Hardware Failure 3. Form Crashes 4. User goes to Lunch, Comes back and has been timed out. All these will lose a value. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l