RE: [phplib] database abstraction From: Carl Youngblood (carly <email protected>)
Date: 07/01/00

>Oracle *does* support the notion of an auto-increment column. If you're
>still working in Oracle 7, you'll have to create a helper SEQUENCE
>object, and then tie them together using PL/SQL. Oracle 7.3.something
>made this a little more transparent. AFAIK, 8i supports it explicitly.

I should have clarified that Oracle can do the equivalent of
"auto_increment" columns, although you must use a SEQUENCE to do it. My
point was that the programming will need to change to take this into
account.

Carl Youngblood

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