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Re: SQL Sequence use cases

On 11/25/2009 2:09 PM, Luis Rodriguez wrote:
As per the business cases that David comments, I suppose that this
(the sequence object) could be seen as just another tool that SQL
provides. Myself, am a little uneasy about the storing of the data in
a *DTAARA (something that sometimes gets overlooked when restoring or
saving). Also, the fact that I can't get a guarantee of the sequence
can give some problems (think, for example, invoice numbers).

I'm not so concerned about the backup / restore issues ... as I always recommend backing up the entire data library at once.

The non-sequential nature of a cached sequence makes me wonder what kind of application it could be used for.

david


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