Re: Sequences

Posted in 2003

Jack Parker — Tue, 04 Mar 2003 19:11:02 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

Take a look at the serial datatype. cheers j. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Manel Falcó" <manel@semic.es> To: <ids@iiug.org> Cc: <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 1:32 PM Subject: Sequences > Hi, > Is there any way to generate a GENERIC sequence in the same way as generate_unique() of DB2 or @@IDENTIFY of SQLServer ? > > Thanks, > Manel Falcó >

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Richard Snoke — Tue, 04 Mar 2003 19:40:07 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

Take a look at IDS 9.40. Its got sequences. Sequences are a generic sort of thing (sequences of numbers. You can have as many as you like.) we copied from Oracle. More dynamic than the generated columns of DB2. Dick Snoke Consulting IT Specialist (certified) IBM Data Management Solutions 404-487-1595 dsnoke@us.ibm.com "Jack Parker" <vze2qjg5@verizon To: ids@iiug.org .net> cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: Sequences [581] forum.subscriber@ iiug.org 03/04/2003 02:11 PM Take a look at the serial datatype. cheers j. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Manel Falcó" <manel@semic.es> To: <ids@iiug.org> Cc: <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 1:32 PM Subject: Sequences > Hi, > Is there any way to generate a GENERIC sequence in the same way as generate_unique() of DB2 or @@IDENTIFY of SQLServer ? > > Thanks, > Manel Falcó >