>>>>>>>>>>>> Michael Segel wrote (2006-06-14 09:23:45): > > 6) I can find no relation, whatsoever, defined in the standard between > > the existing values in a column and how the internal sequence > > generator of an identity column behaves. > > > [mjs] > Correct. Nor would you. That "gap" is left to the interpretation of the > database designer. It's very possible to be "compliant" with a standard, yet > offer a substandard product. (Thus we debunk the myth of the database as a > commodity product....) > > However, that does not mean that the implementation of the sequence > generator is compliant.
That's exactly what it means. And that's my final word. I will not pursue this debate further. "OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet" (Rudyard Kipling) -- Bernt Marius Johnsen, Database Technology Group, Staff Engineer, Technical Lead Derby/Java DB Sun Microsystems, Trondheim, Norway
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