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If I had a table defined like below, how, from my application would I be able to get the next value for the "id" column before saving any data to the database?

create table people  
(  
     id not null default global autoincrement(100000),
     first_name varchar(100),
     last_name varchar(100)
);

alter table "people"
    add constraint PK_PEOPLE primary key (ID);

asked 15 Jan '10, 00:51

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Calvin Allen
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You can make a call to

select get_identity('people') from dummy;

which will get the next available number for that table.

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answered 15 Jan '10, 00:52

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Excellent information! Thanks!

(15 Jan '10, 14:35) Calvin Allen
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