Create a Sequence with START WITH from Query

Question

How can I create a Sequence where my START WITH value comes from a query?

I'm trying this way: CREATE SEQUENCE "Seq" INCREMENT BY 1 START WITH (SELECT MAX("ID") FROM "Table");

But, I get the ORA-01722 error

Solution

The START WITH CLAUSE accepts an integer. You can form the "Create sequence " statement dynamically and then execute it using execute immediate to achieve this.

declare
    l_new_seq INTEGER;
begin
   select max(id) + 1
   into   l_new_seq
   from   test_table;

    execute immediate 'Create sequence test_seq_2
                       start with ' || l_new_seq ||
                       ' increment by 1';
end;
/

Check out these links.

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14117_01/server.101/b10759/statements_6014.htm
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14261/executeimmediate_statement.htm

Comments

[steven2308]

I had a little problem when the table is new because "max(id)" returns null. So I had to change the select to: "select nvl(max(id),0) + 1" Maybe someone else runs into the same problem