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Tag: auto-increment

Auto increment function, Oracle PL/SQL

I have a number of triggers which do various things, but at the top of all of those which have unique integer primary keys, I need them to auto increment. The code currently looks as follows: I thought it may be useful to make a small function for this, as I would if this were a conventional programming langu…

SQL auto_increment behaviour

My first question is: Can I manually input ID into an auto_increment column of a table? For example: I have 10 records with ID from 1 to 10. Can I manually input the 11 record with the ID of 3 (yes, it’s a duplication!) My second question is: I assume that it’s possible to manually input ID number…