Thanks, Paul, that's what I was afaid of. Seems like default should handle this. Oh well, maybe in 10i.
John P Weatherman Database Administrator Replacements Ltd. -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 12:34 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L John, yes, you must use a trigger, with some variation of select <sequence>.nextval into :new.<column_name> from dual; Paul Baumgartel --- John Weatherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, I RTFM and am probably just missing it. Is there an easy may to > define > a default as a NextVal? When I try, I'm getting an ORA-984. Does > this have > to be done with a pre-insert trigger or something? > > TIA, > > John P Weatherman > Database Administrator > Replacements Ltd. > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: John Weatherman > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing > Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Paul Baumgartel INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: John Weatherman INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
