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Sequences and serials

Applies to ✅ Open Source Edition   ✅ Express Edition   ✅ Professional Edition   ✅ Enterprise Edition

Sequences implement the org.jooq.Sequence interface, providing essentially this functionality:

// Get a field for the CURRVAL sequence property
Field<T> currval();

// Get a field for the NEXTVAL sequence property
Field<T> nextval();

So if you have a sequence like this in Oracle:

CREATE SEQUENCE s_author_id

You can then use your generated sequence object directly in a SQL statement as such:

// Reference the sequence in a SELECT statement:
Field<BigInteger> s = S_AUTHOR_ID.nextval();
BigInteger nextID = create.select(s).fetchOne(s);

// Reference the sequence in an INSERT statement:
create.insertInto(AUTHOR, AUTHOR.ID, AUTHOR.FIRST_NAME, AUTHOR.LAST_NAME)
      .values(S_AUTHOR_ID.nextval(), val("William"), val("Shakespeare"))
      .execute();
  • For more information about generated sequences, refer to the manual's section about generated sequences
  • For more information about executing standalone calls to sequences, refer to the manual's section about sequence execution

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