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Hi Oraora,
I try the same thing like you did,
SQL> create sequence testseq start with 1;
Sequence created.
SQL> create table testtab (text char(10));
Table created.
SQL> begin
2 for i in 1 .. 5 loop
3 insert into testtab values('BREAD'||testseq.nextval);
4 end loop;
5 commit;
6 end;
7 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> select * from test;
TEXT
Rgrds,
Sony
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oraora oraora [SMTP:oraoraora_at_rediffmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 5:34 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: strange behaviour of sequence
>
> Guys,
>
> one of my developers is using sequence to auto-increment the value
> of a column while inserting.
>
> he has created a sequence like this.
>
> SQL > create sequence testseq start with 1;
>
> and then uses a INSERT statement as below in a JSP.
>
> insert into testtab values ('BREAD'||testseq.nextval);
>
> after some inserts .....when he does SELECT from TESTTAB...he
> finds
> the values as :
>
> BREAD1
> BREAD2
> BREAD3
> BREAD4
> BREAD21
> BREAD22
>
> it should increment by 1.but it is not so ?
>
> any hint/clue ????
>
> Regards,
> Jp.
>
>
>
>
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