RE: How Can I get A sequence Current Value in PROC

From: <Iulian.ILIES_at_mobil-rom.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 06:20:17 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.003CCB75.20011126055023@fatcity.com>

You can use another pseducolumn CURRVAL but you must use at least once per session the NEXTVAL before using the CURRVAL or else you would get the ORA-08002 error.

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SELECT <your_sequence>.CURRVAL INTO <your_variable> FROM dual; ...

HTH
Iulian

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when writing a program PROC <sequenceName>.NEXTVAL points to the next value of a sequence, is there anything like <sequenceName>.SOMETHING that returns current value of sequence.

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