OT: Sybase and Sequences (Was: Re: Retrieving Identity Value of newly inserted row)

Holy cow, you mean Sybase doesn't have sequences?! I've just recently
started a financial job (which means sybase it seems) and my db
background is mostly PostgreSQL with some Oracle and a smattering of
MySQL.

Is it just me, or is Sybase ASE missing some pretty obvious RDBMS
features and conveniences?

I know that this list is Sybperl specific, but the people here seem
pretty reasonable :) Can anyone recommend a good list/forum/community
where Sybase things are discussed? Eg. in this case, I would be
interested to read a discussion about sequence best practises.

Cheers,

Mark.

On 1/1/1970, "Edward J. Sabol" <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Work-around: don't use placeholders, or hack it with a SELECT
>> max(...) after the insert (ugh!)
>
>Or don't use identity columns. For implementing sequential keys, personally,
>I use "Method 3" as docummented at
>
>http://www.isug.com/Sybase_FAQ/ASE/section6.2.html#homegrown
>
>Placeholders work fine using this method.
>
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