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| | 19 | |
| | 20 | (Edit 1, 02/19/2025) |
| | 21 | |
| | 22 | I just tested creating a table, sequence, and trigger in SQL*Plus and then performed inserts in two separate sessions. It seems that the sequence is tied to each transaction. Below is the example I executed. and the oracle version is 23.5.0.24.07 |
| | 23 | |
| | 24 | **Code to Run Before Insert** |
| | 25 | |
| | 26 | {{{ |
| | 27 | CREATE SEQUENCE my_sequence |
| | 28 | START WITH 1 |
| | 29 | INCREMENT BY 1 |
| | 30 | NOCACHE |
| | 31 | NOCYCLE; |
| | 32 | |
| | 33 | CREATE TABLE my_table ( |
| | 34 | id NUMBER PRIMARY KEY, |
| | 35 | name VARCHAR2(100) |
| | 36 | ); |
| | 37 | |
| | 38 | CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER my_table_trigger |
| | 39 | BEFORE INSERT ON my_table |
| | 40 | FOR EACH ROW |
| | 41 | WHEN (NEW.id IS NULL) |
| | 42 | BEGIN |
| | 43 | :NEW.id := my_sequence.NEXTVAL; |
| | 44 | END; |
| | 45 | / |
| | 46 | }}} |
| | 47 | |
| | 48 | |
| | 49 | |
| | 50 | **Test Steps** |
| | 51 | |
| | 52 | 1. **Open the first terminal tab running SQL*Plus** |
| | 53 | {{{ |
| | 54 | INSERT INTO my_table (name) VALUES ('Alice'); |
| | 55 | }}} |
| | 56 | |
| | 57 | 2. **Switch to the second terminal tab running SQL*Plus** |
| | 58 | {{{ |
| | 59 | INSERT INTO my_table (name) VALUES ('Alice'); |
| | 60 | }}} |
| | 61 | |
| | 62 | 3. **Back in the first tab** |
| | 63 | {{{ |
| | 64 | SQL> INSERT INTO my_table (name) VALUES ('Bob'); |
| | 65 | |
| | 66 | 1 row created. |
| | 67 | |
| | 68 | SQL> SELECT my_sequence.CURRVAL FROM DUAL; |
| | 69 | |
| | 70 | CURRVAL |
| | 71 | ---------- |
| | 72 | 1 |
| | 73 | }}} |
| | 74 | |
| | 75 | 4. **Then, in the second tab** |
| | 76 | {{{ |
| | 77 | SQL> INSERT INTO my_table (name) VALUES ('Bob'); |
| | 78 | |
| | 79 | 1 row created. |
| | 80 | |
| | 81 | SQL> SELECT my_sequence.CURRVAL FROM DUAL; |
| | 82 | |
| | 83 | CURRVAL |
| | 84 | ---------- |
| | 85 | 2 |
| | 86 | }}} |
| | 87 | |
| | 88 | |
| | 89 | Another case that shows sequence is tied to transactions: |
| | 90 | |
| | 91 | |
| | 92 | **Code to Run Before Insert** |
| | 93 | |
| | 94 | {{{ |
| | 95 | CREATE SEQUENCE my_sequence |
| | 96 | START WITH 1 |
| | 97 | INCREMENT BY 1 |
| | 98 | NOCACHE |
| | 99 | NOCYCLE; |
| | 100 | |
| | 101 | CREATE TABLE my_table ( |
| | 102 | id NUMBER PRIMARY KEY, |
| | 103 | name VARCHAR2(100) |
| | 104 | ); |
| | 105 | |
| | 106 | CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER my_table_trigger |
| | 107 | BEFORE INSERT ON my_table |
| | 108 | FOR EACH ROW |
| | 109 | WHEN (NEW.id IS NULL) |
| | 110 | BEGIN |
| | 111 | :NEW.id := my_sequence.NEXTVAL; |
| | 112 | END; |
| | 113 | / |
| | 114 | }}} |
| | 115 | |
| | 116 | |
| | 117 | |
| | 118 | **Test Steps** |
| | 119 | |
| | 120 | 1. **Open the first terminal tab running SQL*Plus** |
| | 121 | {{{ |
| | 122 | INSERT INTO my_table (name) VALUES ('Alice'); |
| | 123 | }}} |
| | 124 | |
| | 125 | 2. **Switch to the second terminal tab running SQL*Plus** |
| | 126 | {{{ |
| | 127 | INSERT INTO my_table (name) VALUES ('Alice'); |
| | 128 | }}} |
| | 129 | |
| | 130 | 3. **Back in the first tab** |
| | 131 | {{{ |
| | 132 | SQL> INSERT INTO my_table (name) VALUES ('Bob'); |
| | 133 | |
| | 134 | 1 row created. |
| | 135 | |
| | 136 | SQL> SELECT my_sequence.CURRVAL FROM DUAL; |
| | 137 | |
| | 138 | CURRVAL |
| | 139 | ---------- |
| | 140 | 1 |
| | 141 | }}} |
| | 142 | |
| | 143 | 4. **Then, in the second tab, but this time do not insert** |
| | 144 | {{{ |
| | 145 | SQL> select my_sequence.currval; |
| | 146 | select my_sequence.currval |
| | 147 | * |
| | 148 | ERROR at line 1: |
| | 149 | ORA-08002: Sequence MY_SEQUENCE.CURRVAL is not yet defined in this session. |
| | 150 | Help: https://docs.oracle.com/error-help/db/ora-08002/ |
| | 151 | }}} |