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In an attempt to generate random unique values, which can be exposed (ie customer_id) and used as a PRIMARY KEY I am doing the following:
Generate random number, grabbing the seconds and fractions of a second from the current timestamp, and also I append to that a fixed width sequence to guarantee the uniqueness. This is all working fine. See below as I am generating some customer information.
My question is how can I make the seed column virtual as I really don't need to have it stored but I would like to see the value if needed.
Thanks in advance to all who answer and apologies for the verbose test CASE
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE mf_names IS
FUNCTION random_first_name(
gender IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
percentage_mf IN NUMBER DEFAULT 50
) RETURN VARCHAR2;
FUNCTION random_last_name RETURN VARCHAR2;
END;
/
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY mf_names IS
first_names_male SYS.ODCIVARCHAR2LIST := SYS.ODCIVARCHAR2LIST(
'Tom', 'Andy', 'Paul', 'Peter', 'Keith', 'Mark', 'Solomon', 'Joseph', 'John', 'Roger', 'Douglas','Harry', 'Barry', 'Larry', 'Gary', 'Jeffrey', 'David', 'Stuart', 'Karl', 'Seth', 'David', 'Brian', 'Sidney', 'James', 'Shane', 'Zachary', 'Anthony'
);
first_names_female SYS.ODCIVARCHAR2LIST := SYS.ODCIVARCHAR2LIST(
'Alice', 'Anna', 'Lee', 'Barbara', 'Carol', 'Debra', 'Madison', 'Faith', 'Cheryl', 'Beth', 'Kathy', 'Abigail', 'Jill', 'Grayce', 'Lynn', 'Roz', 'Carolyn', 'Deena', 'Laura', 'Sophia', 'Elise'
);
last_names SYS.ODCIVARCHAR2LIST := SYS.ODCIVARCHAR2LIST(
'Cooper', 'Dimeo', 'Caygle', 'Luppo', 'Coralnick', 'Torchiano', 'Fazio', 'Behrens', 'Zaza', 'Lebowitz', 'Stern', 'Malden', 'Kramer', 'Stein', 'Tessio', 'Weinreb', 'Dillon', 'Zanona', 'Rucker', 'Zanzone', 'Santoro', 'Barese', 'Silverberg', 'Aarron', 'Kern', 'Saladino', 'Rice', 'Sanford', 'Orr', 'Roth'
);
FUNCTION random_first_name(
gender IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
percentage_mf IN NUMBER DEFAULT 50
) RETURN VARCHAR2
IS
BEGIN
IF UPPER(gender) LIKE 'M%' THEN
RETURN first_names_male(FLOOR(DBMS_RANDOM.VALUE(1, first_names_male.COUNT + 1)));
ELSIF UPPER(gender) LIKE 'F%' THEN
RETURN first_names_female(FLOOR(DBMS_RANDOM.VALUE(1, first_names_female.COUNT + 1)));
ELSIF DBMS_RANDOM.VALUE(0, 100) < percentage_mf THEN
RETURN random_first_name('M');
ELSE
RETURN random_first_name('F');
END IF;
END;
FUNCTION random_last_name RETURN VARCHAR2
IS
BEGIN
RETURN last_names(FLOOR(DBMS_RANDOM.VALUE(1, last_names.COUNT + 1)));
END;
END;
/
CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS (
customer_id VARCHAR2 (20),
seed NUMBER,
first_name VARCHAR2 (20),
last_name VARCHAR2 (20),
constraint customer_id_pk primary key (customer_id));
create sequence customer_seq start with 1000000 minvalue 1000000 maxvalue 9999999 cycle;
create or replace function base34(p_num number) return varchar2 is
l_dig varchar2(34) := 'AB0CD1EF2GH3JK4LM5NP6QR7ST8UV9WXYZ';
l_num number := p_num;
l_str varchar2(38);
begin
loop
l_str := substr(l_dig,mod(l_num,34)+1,1) || l_str ;
l_num := trunc(l_num/34);
exit when l_num = 0;
end loop;
return l_str;
end;
/
create or replace function dec34(p_str varchar2) return number is
l_dig varchar2(34) := 'AB0CD1EF2GH3JK4LM5NP6QR7ST8UV9WXYZ';
l_num number := 0;
begin
for i in 1 .. length(p_str) loop
l_num := l_num * 34 + instr(l_dig,upper(substr(p_str,i,1)))-1;
end loop;
return l_num;
end;
/
create or replace trigger customer_trg
before update on customers for each row
begin
if ( updating('customer_id') )
then
raise_application_error(-20000,'Cant Update customer_id');
end if;
if ( updating('seed') )
then
raise_application_error(-20001,'Cant Update seed');
end if;
end;
/
DECLARE
seed NUMBER;
begin
for i in 1 .. 100 loop
seed := (to_number(trunc(dbms_random.value(1000,9999))|| to_char(systimestamp,'FFSS')||customer_seq.nextval));
INSERT into customers(
customer_id,
seed,
first_name,
last_name
) VALUES (
base34(seed),
seed,
mf_names.random_first_name(),
mf_names.random_last_name()
);
end loop;
end;
/
select to_char(seed) from customers where rownum = 1
union all
select base34(seed) from customers where rownum = 1
union all
select to_char(dec34(base34(seed))) from customers where rownum = 1;
TO_CHAR(SEED)
5444355405000301000000
BZCK24C0D3CHYE6
5444355405000301000000
select base34(seed),
dump(base34(seed)) from customers where rownum = 1
BASE34(SEED) DUMP(BASE34(SEED))
BZCK24C0D3CHYE6 Typ=1 Len=15: 66,90,67,75,50,52,67,48,68,51,67,72,89,69,54
I'm afraid you can't do that because dbms_random.value and systimestamp functions you'd want to use aren't deterministic (they should return the same value whenever called, while these two don't).
For example: this works because 1 + 2 is always 3:
SQL> create table test
2 (id number generated always as identity,
3 seed number generated always as (1 + 2)
4 );
Table created.
SQL> drop table test;
Table dropped.
Can you use dbms_random.value? Nope:
SQL> create table test
2 (id number generated always as identity,
3 seed number generated always as (to_number(trunc(dbms_random.value(1000,9999))))
4 );
seed number generated always as (to_number(trunc(dbms_random.value(1000,9999))))
*
ERROR at line 3:
ORA-30553: The function is not deterministic
If the function is deterministic, mark it DETERMINISTIC. If it is not deterministic (it depends on package state, database state, current time, or anything other than the function inputs) then do not create the index. The values returned by a deterministic function should not change even when the function is rewritten or recompiled.
Can you use sysdate (or systimestamp, no difference)? No:
SQL> create table test
2 (id number generated always as identity,
3 seed number generated always as (to_number(to_char(sysdate, 'yyyymmdd')))
4 );
seed number generated always as (to_number(to_char(sysdate, 'yyyymmdd')))
*
ERROR at line 3:
ORA-54002: only pure functions can be specified in a virtual column expression
Column expression contained a function whose evaluation is non-deterministic
Therefore, that won't work.
Wouldn't it be simpler to just use SYS_GUID function to generate the primary key value ? It is a unique number. We do this for all the tables in our projects.
CREATE TABLE some_name
( some_name_id NUMBER DEFAULT ON NULL to_number(sys_guid(), 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX') NOT NULL
PRIMARY KEY
--other columns
) ;
No function needed, no seeding needed, no virtual column needed.
It appears that there is no concept of AUTO_INCREMENT in Oracle, up until and including version 11g.
How can I create a column that behaves like auto increment in Oracle 11g?
There is no such thing as "auto_increment" or "identity" columns in Oracle as of Oracle 11g. However, you can model it easily with a sequence and a trigger:
Table definition:
CREATE TABLE departments (
ID NUMBER(10) NOT NULL,
DESCRIPTION VARCHAR2(50) NOT NULL);
ALTER TABLE departments ADD (
CONSTRAINT dept_pk PRIMARY KEY (ID));
CREATE SEQUENCE dept_seq START WITH 1;
Trigger definition:
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER dept_bir
BEFORE INSERT ON departments
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
SELECT dept_seq.NEXTVAL
INTO :new.id
FROM dual;
END;
/
UPDATE:
IDENTITY column is now available on Oracle 12c:
create table t1 (
c1 NUMBER GENERATED by default on null as IDENTITY,
c2 VARCHAR2(10)
);
or specify starting and increment values, also preventing any insert into the identity column (GENERATED ALWAYS) (again, Oracle 12c+ only)
create table t1 (
c1 NUMBER GENERATED ALWAYS as IDENTITY(START with 1 INCREMENT by 1),
c2 VARCHAR2(10)
);
Alternatively, Oracle 12 also allows to use a sequence as a default value:
CREATE SEQUENCE dept_seq START WITH 1;
CREATE TABLE departments (
ID NUMBER(10) DEFAULT dept_seq.nextval NOT NULL,
DESCRIPTION VARCHAR2(50) NOT NULL);
ALTER TABLE departments ADD (
CONSTRAINT dept_pk PRIMARY KEY (ID));
SYS_GUID returns a GUID-- a globally unique ID. A SYS_GUID is a RAW(16). It does not generate an incrementing numeric value.
If you want to create an incrementing numeric key, you'll want to create a sequence.
CREATE SEQUENCE name_of_sequence
START WITH 1
INCREMENT BY 1
CACHE 100;
You would then either use that sequence in your INSERT statement
INSERT INTO name_of_table( primary_key_column, <<other columns>> )
VALUES( name_of_sequence.nextval, <<other values>> );
Or you can define a trigger that automatically populates the primary key value using the sequence
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER trigger_name
BEFORE INSERT ON table_name
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
SELECT name_of_sequence.nextval
INTO :new.primary_key_column
FROM dual;
END;
If you are using Oracle 11.1 or later, you can simplify the trigger a bit
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER trigger_name
BEFORE INSERT ON table_name
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
:new.primary_key_column := name_of_sequence.nextval;
END;
If you really want to use SYS_GUID
CREATE TABLE table_name (
primary_key_column raw(16) default sys_guid() primary key,
<<other columns>>
)
In Oracle 12c onward you could do something like,
CREATE TABLE MAPS
(
MAP_ID INTEGER GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY (START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 1) NOT NULL,
MAP_NAME VARCHAR(24) NOT NULL,
UNIQUE (MAP_ID, MAP_NAME)
);
And in Oracle (Pre 12c).
-- create table
CREATE TABLE MAPS
(
MAP_ID INTEGER NOT NULL ,
MAP_NAME VARCHAR(24) NOT NULL,
UNIQUE (MAP_ID, MAP_NAME)
);
-- create sequence
CREATE SEQUENCE MAPS_SEQ;
-- create tigger using the sequence
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER MAPS_TRG
BEFORE INSERT ON MAPS
FOR EACH ROW
WHEN (new.MAP_ID IS NULL)
BEGIN
SELECT MAPS_SEQ.NEXTVAL
INTO :new.MAP_ID
FROM dual;
END;
/
Here are three flavors:
numeric. Simple increasing numeric value, e.g. 1,2,3,....
GUID. globally univeral identifier, as a RAW datatype.
GUID (string). Same as above, but as a string which might be easier to handle in some languages.
x is the identity column. Substitute FOO with your table name in each of the examples.
-- numerical identity, e.g. 1,2,3...
create table FOO (
x number primary key
);
create sequence FOO_seq;
create or replace trigger FOO_trg
before insert on FOO
for each row
begin
select FOO_seq.nextval into :new.x from dual;
end;
/
-- GUID identity, e.g. 7CFF0C304187716EE040488AA1F9749A
-- use the commented out lines if you prefer RAW over VARCHAR2.
create table FOO (
x varchar(32) primary key -- string version
-- x raw(32) primary key -- raw version
);
create or replace trigger FOO_trg
before insert on FOO
for each row
begin
select cast(sys_guid() as varchar2(32)) into :new.x from dual; -- string version
-- select sys_guid() into :new.x from dual; -- raw version
end;
/
update:
Oracle 12c introduces these two variants that don't depend on triggers:
create table mytable(id number default mysequence.nextval);
create table mytable(id number generated as identity);
The first one uses a sequence in the traditional way; the second manages the value internally.
Oracle Database 12c introduced Identity, an auto-incremental (system-generated) column.
In the previous database versions (until 11g), you usually implement an Identity by creating a Sequence and a Trigger.
From 12c onward, you can create your own Table and define the column that has to be generated as an Identity.
Assuming you mean a column like the SQL Server identity column?
In Oracle, you use a SEQUENCE to achieve the same functionality. I'll see if I can find a good link and post it here.
Update: looks like you found it yourself. Here is the link anyway:
http://www.techonthenet.com/oracle/sequences.php
Trigger and Sequence can be used when you want serialized number that anyone can easily read/remember/understand. But if you don't want to manage ID Column (like emp_id) by this way, and value of this column is not much considerable, you can use SYS_GUID() at Table Creation to get Auto Increment like this.
CREATE TABLE <table_name>
(emp_id RAW(16) DEFAULT SYS_GUID() PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR2(30));
Now your emp_id column will accept "globally unique identifier value".
you can insert value in table by ignoring emp_id column like this.
INSERT INTO <table_name> (name) VALUES ('name value');
So, it will insert unique value to your emp_id Column.
Starting with Oracle 12c there is support for Identity columns in one of two ways:
Sequence + Table - In this solution you still create a sequence as you normally would, then you use the following DDL:
CREATE TABLE MyTable
(ID NUMBER DEFAULT MyTable_Seq.NEXTVAL,
...)
Table Only - In this solution no sequence is explicitly specified. You would use the following DDL:
CREATE TABLE MyTable (ID NUMBER GENERATED AS IDENTITY, ...)
If you use the first way it is backward compatible with the existing way of doing things. The second is a little more straightforward and is more inline with the rest of the RDMS systems out there.
it is called Identity Columns and it is available only from oracle Oracle 12c
CREATE TABLE identity_test_tab
(
id NUMBER GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY,
description VARCHAR2 (30)
);
example of insert into Identity Columns as below
INSERT INTO identity_test_tab (description) VALUES ('Just DESCRIPTION');
1 row created.
you can NOT do insert like below
INSERT INTO identity_test_tab (id, description) VALUES (NULL, 'ID=NULL and DESCRIPTION');
ERROR at line 1: ORA-32795: cannot insert into a generated always
identity column
INSERT INTO identity_test_tab (id, description) VALUES (999, 'ID=999 and DESCRIPTION');
ERROR at line 1: ORA-32795: cannot insert into a generated always
identity column
useful link
Here is complete solution w.r.t exception/error handling for auto increment, this solution is backward compatible and will work on 11g & 12c, specifically if application is in production.
Please replace 'TABLE_NAME' with your appropriate table name
--checking if table already exisits
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP TABLE TABLE_NAME';
EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN NULL;
END;
/
--creating table
CREATE TABLE TABLE_NAME (
ID NUMBER(10) PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
.
.
.
);
--checking if sequence already exists
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP SEQUENCE TABLE_NAME_SEQ';
EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN NULL;
END;
--creating sequence
/
CREATE SEQUENCE TABLE_NAME_SEQ START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 1 MINVALUE 1 NOMAXVALUE NOCYCLE CACHE 2;
--granting rights as per required user group
/
GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON TABLE_NAME TO USER_GROUP;
-- creating trigger
/
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER TABLE_NAME_TS BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON TABLE_NAME FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
-- auto increment column
SELECT TABLE_NAME_SEQ.NextVal INTO :New.ID FROM dual;
-- You can also put some other required default data as per need of your columns, for example
SELECT SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV', 'SESSIONID') INTO :New.SessionID FROM dual;
SELECT SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','SERVER_HOST') INTO :New.HostName FROM dual;
SELECT SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','OS_USER') INTO :New.LoginID FROM dual;
.
.
.
END;
/
Query to create auto increment in oracle. In below query incrmnt column value will be auto incremented wheneever a new row is inserted
CREATE TABLE table1(
id RAW(16) NOT NULL ENABLE,
incrmnt NUMBER(10,0) GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY
MINVALUE 1 MAXVALUE 999999999999999999999999999 INCREMENT BY 1 START WITH 1 NOORDER NOCYCLE NOT NULL ENABLE,
CONSTRAINT PK_table1 PRIMARY KEY (id) ENABLE);
This is how I did this on an existing table and column (named id):
UPDATE table SET id=ROWNUM;
DECLARE
maxval NUMBER;
BEGIN
SELECT MAX(id) INTO maxval FROM table;
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP SEQUENCE table_seq';
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'CREATE SEQUENCE table_seq START WITH '|| TO_CHAR(TO_NUMBER(maxval)+1) ||' INCREMENT BY 1 NOMAXVALUE';
END;
CREATE TRIGGER table_trigger
BEFORE INSERT ON table
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
:new.id := table_seq.NEXTVAL;
END;
FUNCTION GETUNIQUEID_2 RETURN VARCHAR2
AS
v_curr_id NUMBER;
v_inc NUMBER;
v_next_val NUMBER;
pragma autonomous_transaction;
begin
CREATE SEQUENCE sequnce
START WITH YYMMDD0000000001
INCREMENT BY 1
NOCACHE
select sequence.nextval into v_curr_id from dual;
if(substr(v_curr_id,0,6)= to_char(sysdate,'yymmdd')) then
v_next_val := to_number(to_char(SYSDATE+1, 'yymmdd') || '0000000000');
v_inc := v_next_val - v_curr_id;
execute immediate ' alter sequence sequence increment by ' || v_inc ;
select sequence.nextval into v_curr_id from dual;
execute immediate ' alter sequence sequence increment by 1';
else
dbms_output.put_line('exception : file not found');
end if;
RETURN 'ID'||v_curr_id;
END;
FUNCTION UNIQUE2(
seq IN NUMBER
) RETURN VARCHAR2
AS
i NUMBER := seq;
s VARCHAR2(9);
r NUMBER(2,0);
BEGIN
WHILE i > 0 LOOP
r := MOD( i, 36 );
i := ( i - r ) / 36;
IF ( r < 10 ) THEN
s := TO_CHAR(r) || s;
ELSE
s := CHR( 55 + r ) || s;
END IF;
END LOOP;
RETURN 'ID'||LPAD( s, 14, '0' );
END;
Creating a Sequence:
CREATE SEQUENCE SEQ_CM_LC_FINAL_STATUS
MINVALUE 1 MAXVALUE 999999999999999999999999999
INCREMENT BY 1 START WITH 1 CACHE 20 NOORDER NOCYCLE;
Adding a Trigger
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER CM_LC_FINAL_STATUS_TRIGGER
BEFORE INSERT
ON CM_LC_FINAL_STATUS
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
:NEW.LC_FINAL_STATUS_NO := SEQ_CM_LC_FINAL_STATUS.NEXTVAL;
END;
The first step is to create a SEQUENCE in your database, which is a data object that multiple users can access to automatically generate incremented values. As discussed in the documentation, a sequence in Oracle prevents duplicate values from being created simultaneously because multiple users are effectively forced to “take turns” before each sequential item is generated. –
Finally, we’ll create our SEQUENCE that will be utilized later to actually generate the unique, auto incremented value. –
While we have our table created and ready to go, our sequence is thus far just sitting there but never being put to use. This is where TRIGGERS come in. Similar to an event in modern programming languages, a TRIGGER in Oracle is a stored procedure that is executed when a particular event occurs. Typically a TRIGGER will be configured to fire when a table is updated or a record is deleted, providing a bit of cleanup when necessary. –
In our case, we want to execute our TRIGGER prior to INSERT into our CM_LC_FINAL_STATUS table, ensuring our SEQUENCE is incremented and that new value is passed onto our primary key column.
create trigger t1_trigger
before insert on AUDITLOGS
for each row
begin
select t1_seq.nextval into :new.id from dual;
end;
only I have to just change the table name (AUDITLOGS) with your table name and new.id with new.column_name
oracle has sequences AND identity columns in 12c
http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/12c/identity-columns-in-oracle-12cr1.php#identity-columns
I found this but not sure what rdb 7 is
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/products/rdb/0307-identity-columns-128126.pdf
Maybe just try this simple script:
http://www.hlavaj.sk/ai.php
Result is:
CREATE SEQUENCE TABLE_PK_SEQ;
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER TR_SEQ_TABLE BEFORE INSERT ON TABLE FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
SELECT TABLE_PK_SEQ.NEXTVAL
INTO :new.PK
FROM dual;
END;
I am in need of amending a procedure to include new data in which a parameter has been set. I need to check the value of the parameter so that I can test my code individually before it is implemented. below is portion of code which has parameter.
PROCEDURE Get_All_MT (i IN NUMBER)
AS
BEGIN
INSERT INTO mrr_reten_mt_obp_cli (
AMI_SCHEMA,
UAN,
PRODUCT_CLASS,
POL_NO
)
SELECT a.ami_schema,
a.uan,
a.product_class,
a.pol_no
FROM mrr_retention_c_cover_item a,
att_axa_uan agt,
amt_structure str
WHERE a.accident_date BETWEEN TRUNC (ADD_MONTHS (SYSDATE, i - 1), 'MONTH')
AND TRUNC (ADD_MONTHS (SYSDATE, i), 'MONTH')
- (1 / (60 * 60 * 24))
As you can see parameter "I" is been used in for accident_date range. I need to know what is the value of I so that it can be replaced while the code is been executed individually.
Log the value using DBMS_OUTPUT:
PROCEDURE Get_All_MT (i IN NUMBER)
AS
BEGIN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE( i );
INSERT INTO ...
I would create table log_params (param varchar2(30), value varchar2(200), log_time date); and procedure:
create or replace procedure log_param(param varchar2(30), value varchar2(200)) as
pragma autonomous transaction
begin
insert into log_params values (param, value, sysdate);
commit;
end;
/
And include in your code: log_param('i', i);. Then examinate results in table log_params
Mostly I avoid table variables as input parameters for a stored procedure. Because I do not know how to handle them, but in this case I have no other option. I have a requirement where hundreds of records will be passed on to database from Oracle Agile PLM. What I have to do is to populate a table from the input records/list. For accomplishing this I have developed an object type and then a table type out of that object type.
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE TEST_USER.MD_TYPE AS OBJECT
(QUERY_REF VARCHAR2 (1000 BYTE),
COL_NAME VARCHAR2 (100 BYTE),
COL_LENGTH VARCHAR2 (50 BYTE),
COL_SEQ NUMBER)
/
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE TEST_USER.MD_TYPE_TABLE AS TABLE OF MD_TYPE
/
Stored Procedure:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE SP_TEST2
(
P_MD_TABLE IN MD_TYPE_TABLE,
p_success OUT number
)
IS
BEGIN
INSERT INTO MDATA_TABLE
(
QUERY_REF ,
COL_NAME ,
COL_LENGTH ,
COL_SEQ
)
SELECT ea.*
FROM TABLE(P_MD_TABLE) ea;
p_success :=1;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
p_success := -1;
END SP_TEST2;
The problem is I do not know how to populate, first parameter P_MD_TABLE and then MDATA_TABLE. And the procedure compiles without any errors. I have not tested this procedure.
Any help please.
Procedure for loading MD_TYPE_TABLE by passing parameters to MD_TYPE
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE SP_UPLOAD_MD_TYPE
(
P_QUERY_REF VARCHAR2,
P_COL_NAME VARCHAR2,
P_COL_LENGTH VARCHAR2,
p_col_seq NUMBER,
p_no_of_rows_to_insert NUMBER,
p_num OUT NUMBER
)
IS
p_type_tbl MD_TYPE_TABLE := MD_TYPE_TABLE(); --initialize
BEGIN
<<vartype>>
FOR i IN 1..p_no_of_rows_to_insert
LOOP
p_type_tbl.extend();
p_type_tbl(p_type_tbl.last) := MD_TYPE(P_QUERY_REF, P_COL_NAME, P_COL_LENGTH, p_col_seq);
END LOOP vartype;
SP_TEST2(p_type_tbl, p_num);
END;
You can populate a table type by using extend/ bulk collect
using extend
p_type_tbl.extend();
p_type_tbl(p_type_tbl.last) := MD_TYPE('QUERY_REF1', 'COL_NAME1', 'COL_LENGTH1', 1);
or using bulk collect
SELECT MD_TYPE(c1, c2... cn)
BULK COLLECT INTO p_type_tbl
FROM some_table;
Demo
DECLARE
p_type_tbl MD_TYPE_TABLE := MD_TYPE_TABLE(); --initialize
p_num NUMBER;
BEGIN
p_type_tbl.extend();
p_type_tbl(p_type_tbl.last) := MD_TYPE('QUERY_REF1', 'COL_NAME1', 'COL_LENGTH1', 1);
p_type_tbl.extend();
p_type_tbl(p_type_tbl.last) := MD_TYPE('QUERY_REF2', 'COL_NAME2', 'COL_LENGTH2', 2);
SP_TEST2(p_type_tbl, p_num);
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(p_num);
END;
/
OutPut
1
SELECT * FROM MDATA_TABLE;
OutPut
QUERY_REF COL_NAME COL_LENGTH COL_SEQ
QUERY_REF1 COL_NAME1 COL_LENGTH1 1
QUERY_REF2 COL_NAME2 COL_LENGTH2 2
It appears that there is no concept of AUTO_INCREMENT in Oracle, up until and including version 11g.
How can I create a column that behaves like auto increment in Oracle 11g?
There is no such thing as "auto_increment" or "identity" columns in Oracle as of Oracle 11g. However, you can model it easily with a sequence and a trigger:
Table definition:
CREATE TABLE departments (
ID NUMBER(10) NOT NULL,
DESCRIPTION VARCHAR2(50) NOT NULL);
ALTER TABLE departments ADD (
CONSTRAINT dept_pk PRIMARY KEY (ID));
CREATE SEQUENCE dept_seq START WITH 1;
Trigger definition:
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER dept_bir
BEFORE INSERT ON departments
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
SELECT dept_seq.NEXTVAL
INTO :new.id
FROM dual;
END;
/
UPDATE:
IDENTITY column is now available on Oracle 12c:
create table t1 (
c1 NUMBER GENERATED by default on null as IDENTITY,
c2 VARCHAR2(10)
);
or specify starting and increment values, also preventing any insert into the identity column (GENERATED ALWAYS) (again, Oracle 12c+ only)
create table t1 (
c1 NUMBER GENERATED ALWAYS as IDENTITY(START with 1 INCREMENT by 1),
c2 VARCHAR2(10)
);
Alternatively, Oracle 12 also allows to use a sequence as a default value:
CREATE SEQUENCE dept_seq START WITH 1;
CREATE TABLE departments (
ID NUMBER(10) DEFAULT dept_seq.nextval NOT NULL,
DESCRIPTION VARCHAR2(50) NOT NULL);
ALTER TABLE departments ADD (
CONSTRAINT dept_pk PRIMARY KEY (ID));
SYS_GUID returns a GUID-- a globally unique ID. A SYS_GUID is a RAW(16). It does not generate an incrementing numeric value.
If you want to create an incrementing numeric key, you'll want to create a sequence.
CREATE SEQUENCE name_of_sequence
START WITH 1
INCREMENT BY 1
CACHE 100;
You would then either use that sequence in your INSERT statement
INSERT INTO name_of_table( primary_key_column, <<other columns>> )
VALUES( name_of_sequence.nextval, <<other values>> );
Or you can define a trigger that automatically populates the primary key value using the sequence
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER trigger_name
BEFORE INSERT ON table_name
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
SELECT name_of_sequence.nextval
INTO :new.primary_key_column
FROM dual;
END;
If you are using Oracle 11.1 or later, you can simplify the trigger a bit
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER trigger_name
BEFORE INSERT ON table_name
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
:new.primary_key_column := name_of_sequence.nextval;
END;
If you really want to use SYS_GUID
CREATE TABLE table_name (
primary_key_column raw(16) default sys_guid() primary key,
<<other columns>>
)
In Oracle 12c onward you could do something like,
CREATE TABLE MAPS
(
MAP_ID INTEGER GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY (START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 1) NOT NULL,
MAP_NAME VARCHAR(24) NOT NULL,
UNIQUE (MAP_ID, MAP_NAME)
);
And in Oracle (Pre 12c).
-- create table
CREATE TABLE MAPS
(
MAP_ID INTEGER NOT NULL ,
MAP_NAME VARCHAR(24) NOT NULL,
UNIQUE (MAP_ID, MAP_NAME)
);
-- create sequence
CREATE SEQUENCE MAPS_SEQ;
-- create tigger using the sequence
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER MAPS_TRG
BEFORE INSERT ON MAPS
FOR EACH ROW
WHEN (new.MAP_ID IS NULL)
BEGIN
SELECT MAPS_SEQ.NEXTVAL
INTO :new.MAP_ID
FROM dual;
END;
/
Here are three flavors:
numeric. Simple increasing numeric value, e.g. 1,2,3,....
GUID. globally univeral identifier, as a RAW datatype.
GUID (string). Same as above, but as a string which might be easier to handle in some languages.
x is the identity column. Substitute FOO with your table name in each of the examples.
-- numerical identity, e.g. 1,2,3...
create table FOO (
x number primary key
);
create sequence FOO_seq;
create or replace trigger FOO_trg
before insert on FOO
for each row
begin
select FOO_seq.nextval into :new.x from dual;
end;
/
-- GUID identity, e.g. 7CFF0C304187716EE040488AA1F9749A
-- use the commented out lines if you prefer RAW over VARCHAR2.
create table FOO (
x varchar(32) primary key -- string version
-- x raw(32) primary key -- raw version
);
create or replace trigger FOO_trg
before insert on FOO
for each row
begin
select cast(sys_guid() as varchar2(32)) into :new.x from dual; -- string version
-- select sys_guid() into :new.x from dual; -- raw version
end;
/
update:
Oracle 12c introduces these two variants that don't depend on triggers:
create table mytable(id number default mysequence.nextval);
create table mytable(id number generated as identity);
The first one uses a sequence in the traditional way; the second manages the value internally.
Oracle Database 12c introduced Identity, an auto-incremental (system-generated) column.
In the previous database versions (until 11g), you usually implement an Identity by creating a Sequence and a Trigger.
From 12c onward, you can create your own Table and define the column that has to be generated as an Identity.
Assuming you mean a column like the SQL Server identity column?
In Oracle, you use a SEQUENCE to achieve the same functionality. I'll see if I can find a good link and post it here.
Update: looks like you found it yourself. Here is the link anyway:
http://www.techonthenet.com/oracle/sequences.php
Trigger and Sequence can be used when you want serialized number that anyone can easily read/remember/understand. But if you don't want to manage ID Column (like emp_id) by this way, and value of this column is not much considerable, you can use SYS_GUID() at Table Creation to get Auto Increment like this.
CREATE TABLE <table_name>
(emp_id RAW(16) DEFAULT SYS_GUID() PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR2(30));
Now your emp_id column will accept "globally unique identifier value".
you can insert value in table by ignoring emp_id column like this.
INSERT INTO <table_name> (name) VALUES ('name value');
So, it will insert unique value to your emp_id Column.
Starting with Oracle 12c there is support for Identity columns in one of two ways:
Sequence + Table - In this solution you still create a sequence as you normally would, then you use the following DDL:
CREATE TABLE MyTable
(ID NUMBER DEFAULT MyTable_Seq.NEXTVAL,
...)
Table Only - In this solution no sequence is explicitly specified. You would use the following DDL:
CREATE TABLE MyTable (ID NUMBER GENERATED AS IDENTITY, ...)
If you use the first way it is backward compatible with the existing way of doing things. The second is a little more straightforward and is more inline with the rest of the RDMS systems out there.
it is called Identity Columns and it is available only from oracle Oracle 12c
CREATE TABLE identity_test_tab
(
id NUMBER GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY,
description VARCHAR2 (30)
);
example of insert into Identity Columns as below
INSERT INTO identity_test_tab (description) VALUES ('Just DESCRIPTION');
1 row created.
you can NOT do insert like below
INSERT INTO identity_test_tab (id, description) VALUES (NULL, 'ID=NULL and DESCRIPTION');
ERROR at line 1: ORA-32795: cannot insert into a generated always
identity column
INSERT INTO identity_test_tab (id, description) VALUES (999, 'ID=999 and DESCRIPTION');
ERROR at line 1: ORA-32795: cannot insert into a generated always
identity column
useful link
Here is complete solution w.r.t exception/error handling for auto increment, this solution is backward compatible and will work on 11g & 12c, specifically if application is in production.
Please replace 'TABLE_NAME' with your appropriate table name
--checking if table already exisits
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP TABLE TABLE_NAME';
EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN NULL;
END;
/
--creating table
CREATE TABLE TABLE_NAME (
ID NUMBER(10) PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
.
.
.
);
--checking if sequence already exists
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP SEQUENCE TABLE_NAME_SEQ';
EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN NULL;
END;
--creating sequence
/
CREATE SEQUENCE TABLE_NAME_SEQ START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 1 MINVALUE 1 NOMAXVALUE NOCYCLE CACHE 2;
--granting rights as per required user group
/
GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON TABLE_NAME TO USER_GROUP;
-- creating trigger
/
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER TABLE_NAME_TS BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON TABLE_NAME FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
-- auto increment column
SELECT TABLE_NAME_SEQ.NextVal INTO :New.ID FROM dual;
-- You can also put some other required default data as per need of your columns, for example
SELECT SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV', 'SESSIONID') INTO :New.SessionID FROM dual;
SELECT SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','SERVER_HOST') INTO :New.HostName FROM dual;
SELECT SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','OS_USER') INTO :New.LoginID FROM dual;
.
.
.
END;
/
Query to create auto increment in oracle. In below query incrmnt column value will be auto incremented wheneever a new row is inserted
CREATE TABLE table1(
id RAW(16) NOT NULL ENABLE,
incrmnt NUMBER(10,0) GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY
MINVALUE 1 MAXVALUE 999999999999999999999999999 INCREMENT BY 1 START WITH 1 NOORDER NOCYCLE NOT NULL ENABLE,
CONSTRAINT PK_table1 PRIMARY KEY (id) ENABLE);
This is how I did this on an existing table and column (named id):
UPDATE table SET id=ROWNUM;
DECLARE
maxval NUMBER;
BEGIN
SELECT MAX(id) INTO maxval FROM table;
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP SEQUENCE table_seq';
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'CREATE SEQUENCE table_seq START WITH '|| TO_CHAR(TO_NUMBER(maxval)+1) ||' INCREMENT BY 1 NOMAXVALUE';
END;
CREATE TRIGGER table_trigger
BEFORE INSERT ON table
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
:new.id := table_seq.NEXTVAL;
END;
FUNCTION GETUNIQUEID_2 RETURN VARCHAR2
AS
v_curr_id NUMBER;
v_inc NUMBER;
v_next_val NUMBER;
pragma autonomous_transaction;
begin
CREATE SEQUENCE sequnce
START WITH YYMMDD0000000001
INCREMENT BY 1
NOCACHE
select sequence.nextval into v_curr_id from dual;
if(substr(v_curr_id,0,6)= to_char(sysdate,'yymmdd')) then
v_next_val := to_number(to_char(SYSDATE+1, 'yymmdd') || '0000000000');
v_inc := v_next_val - v_curr_id;
execute immediate ' alter sequence sequence increment by ' || v_inc ;
select sequence.nextval into v_curr_id from dual;
execute immediate ' alter sequence sequence increment by 1';
else
dbms_output.put_line('exception : file not found');
end if;
RETURN 'ID'||v_curr_id;
END;
FUNCTION UNIQUE2(
seq IN NUMBER
) RETURN VARCHAR2
AS
i NUMBER := seq;
s VARCHAR2(9);
r NUMBER(2,0);
BEGIN
WHILE i > 0 LOOP
r := MOD( i, 36 );
i := ( i - r ) / 36;
IF ( r < 10 ) THEN
s := TO_CHAR(r) || s;
ELSE
s := CHR( 55 + r ) || s;
END IF;
END LOOP;
RETURN 'ID'||LPAD( s, 14, '0' );
END;
Creating a Sequence:
CREATE SEQUENCE SEQ_CM_LC_FINAL_STATUS
MINVALUE 1 MAXVALUE 999999999999999999999999999
INCREMENT BY 1 START WITH 1 CACHE 20 NOORDER NOCYCLE;
Adding a Trigger
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER CM_LC_FINAL_STATUS_TRIGGER
BEFORE INSERT
ON CM_LC_FINAL_STATUS
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
:NEW.LC_FINAL_STATUS_NO := SEQ_CM_LC_FINAL_STATUS.NEXTVAL;
END;
The first step is to create a SEQUENCE in your database, which is a data object that multiple users can access to automatically generate incremented values. As discussed in the documentation, a sequence in Oracle prevents duplicate values from being created simultaneously because multiple users are effectively forced to “take turns” before each sequential item is generated. –
Finally, we’ll create our SEQUENCE that will be utilized later to actually generate the unique, auto incremented value. –
While we have our table created and ready to go, our sequence is thus far just sitting there but never being put to use. This is where TRIGGERS come in. Similar to an event in modern programming languages, a TRIGGER in Oracle is a stored procedure that is executed when a particular event occurs. Typically a TRIGGER will be configured to fire when a table is updated or a record is deleted, providing a bit of cleanup when necessary. –
In our case, we want to execute our TRIGGER prior to INSERT into our CM_LC_FINAL_STATUS table, ensuring our SEQUENCE is incremented and that new value is passed onto our primary key column.
create trigger t1_trigger
before insert on AUDITLOGS
for each row
begin
select t1_seq.nextval into :new.id from dual;
end;
only I have to just change the table name (AUDITLOGS) with your table name and new.id with new.column_name
oracle has sequences AND identity columns in 12c
http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/12c/identity-columns-in-oracle-12cr1.php#identity-columns
I found this but not sure what rdb 7 is
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/products/rdb/0307-identity-columns-128126.pdf
Maybe just try this simple script:
http://www.hlavaj.sk/ai.php
Result is:
CREATE SEQUENCE TABLE_PK_SEQ;
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER TR_SEQ_TABLE BEFORE INSERT ON TABLE FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
SELECT TABLE_PK_SEQ.NEXTVAL
INTO :new.PK
FROM dual;
END;