Sequence in MySQL

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Hi
does mySQL support sequences,

Iam not able to create a sequence using CREATE SEQUENCE keyword

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Posted 23-Nov-10 2:56am

Radhakrishnan G.

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-23T03:09:00

Solution 1

In mySQL it is called AUTO_INCREMENT:
MYSQL sequence example.[^]

You may want to look at using GUIDs instead of sequences though, they do have a lot of advantages...

Posted 23-Nov-10 3:09am

OriginalGriff