Define PL/SQL sequences and write syntax for a sequence
A sequence is a database object that is used to generate sequential number.
CREATE SEQUENCE seqname [increment] [minimum value][maximum value][start][cache][cycle]
Nextval and currval lets us get the next value and current value from the sequence.
What does cache and no cache options mean while creating a sequence?
The
CACHE option means how many sequences will be stored in memory for access by the application objects. The performance is faster. However in case of the database is down the data is memory is lost for the sequence.
The
NO CACHE option means values are not stored in memory. So there might be some performance issue.
How do we set the LASTVALUE value in an Oracle Sequence?
ALTER SEQUENCE emp_id
INCREMENT by 7000
How does one get the value of a sequence into a PL/SQL variable?
CREATE SEQUENCE emp_seq ;
SELECT emp_seq.NEXTVAL into lv_variable from dual;
