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

Great. Thanks for the pointers!

Mark.

On 1/1/1970, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>No, Sybase doesn't have sequences (AFAIK neither does MS-SQL).
>Sybase has identity columns, and then you can write your own sequence
>generators using stored procs, or whatever method you want to use.
>
>There's a good write up on the various methods at
>http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=860 (the document is 8 years old, but it's
>still valid for the most part).
>
>To get more information I would recommend the newsgroups at
>news://forums.sybase.com (in particular the sybase.public.ase.* groups).
>Lots of Sybase engineers and various other highly competent people read
>these groups and help out.
>
>The sybase-l mailing list hosted by ISUG (International Sybase User Group)
>is good (go to www.isug.com to subscribe to the list).
>
>Michael
>
>
>
>
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>[email protected]@peppler.org - 01/02/2006 00:43
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>Subject:        OT: Sybase and Sequences (Was: Re: Retrieving Identity
>Value of newly inserted row)
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>
>
>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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