Sequence: Define a Sequence to generate sequential numbers automatically
example:可以在 update、select、insert语句中使用
sql> ed Wrote file afiedt.buf 1 create sequence test_seq 2 increment by 10 3 start with 100 4 maxvalue 200 5 minvalue 110 6 cycle 7* nocache sql> / create sequence test_seq * ERROR at line 1: ORA-04006: START WITH cannot be less than MINVALUE sql> ed Wrote file afiedt.buf 1 create sequence test_seq 2 increment by 10 3 start with 120 4 maxvalue 200 5 minvalue 110 6 cycle 7* nocache sql> / Sequence created. sql> select test_seq.nextval from dual; NEXTVAL ---------- 120 sql> select test_seq.currval from dual CURRVAL ---------- 120 sql>