Sequence and order by

From: Khedr, Waleed <Waleed.Khedr_at_fmr.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 07:39:32 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005D1F61.20031003073932@fatcity.com>

Is this documented anywhere?

SQL> drop sequence test_seq;

Sequence dropped.

SQL>
SQL> create sequence test_seq;

Sequence created.

SQL>
SQL> select test_seq.nextval
  2 from dual;

   NEXTVAL

---

         1

SQL>
SQL> select test_seq.nextval
  2 from dual
  3 order by dummy;
select test_seq.nextval

                *

ERROR at line 1:
ORA-02287: sequence number not allowed here

Waleed

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