AW: status of AUTO_INCREMENT in SQL

Hi Brian,

what do you mean?
You want to have a column, that is automatically filled with the next
numeric value, if a record is written to the file?
If so, you have to define an identity column.
 CREATE TABLE MySchema/CUSTMASTR (
        CUSTOMER_NUMBER FOR COLUMN CUSNBR INTEGER
                        GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY (
                        START WITH 10 INCREMENT BY 10
                        NO MINVALUE NO MAXVALUE
                        CYCLE ORDER
                        CACHE 20 ),
        CUSTOMER_ADDRESS FOR COLUMN CUSADR CHAR(35) CCSID 37 NOT NULL
        ...)

Whenever a row is inserted, the customer_number is automatically determined
and inserted.
This works also if a record is inserted with native I/0.

Birgitta

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I'm trying to define my files using SQL, and immediately hitting a snag
because I can't seem to define an id field with AUTO_INCREMENT like I've
done a million times elsewhere.

If I have to use triggers or something strange to implement this concept,
could someone please get me jumpstarted with an example? Thanks.
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