Sequences in Illustr/Informix
Posted in 1997
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Does ILLUSTRA/INFORMIX have a sequence structure, (ie) some structure
for automatically assigning unique numbers without creating a special
table and routines to handle updates to that table.
In ORACLE it is handled as follows
CREATE SEQUENCE seqname increment by 1 start with 20.
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<DT>Does ILLUSTRA/INFORMIX have a sequence structure, (ie) some structure
for automatically assigning unique numbers without creating a special table
and routines to handle updates to that table.</DT>
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<DT>In ORACLE it is handled as follows</DT>
<DT>CREATE SEQUENCE seqname increment by 1 start with 20.</DT>
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