DBIx::OracleSequence - interface to Oracle sequences via DBI.
DBIx::OracleSequence is an object oriented interface to Oracle Sequences via DBI. A sequence is an Oracle database object from which multiple users may generate unique integers. You might use sequences to automatically generate primary key values. See http://technet.oracle.com/doc/server.815/a68003/01_03sch.htm#1203 for the full story on Oracle sequences. Note that you must register to access this URL, but registration is free.
use DBIx::OracleSequence; $oracleDbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Oracle:SID", 'login', 'password'); my $seq = new DBIx::OracleSequence($oracleDbh,'my_sequence_name'); $seq->create(); # create a new sequence with default parms $seq->incrementBy(5); # alter the seq to increment by 5 my $nextVal = $seq->nextval(); # get the next sequence value my $currval = $seq->currval(); # retrieve the current sequence value $seq->print(); # print information about the sequence # connect to a sequence that already exists my $seq2 = new DBIx::OracleSequence($oracleDbh,'preexisting_seq'); $seq2->print(); $seq2->drop(); # get rid of it # see if sequence name 'foo' exists my $seq3 = new DBIx::OracleSequence($oracleDbh); die "Doesn't exist!\n" unless $seq3->sequenceNameExists('foo'); $seq3->name('foo'); # attach to it $seq3->print;
The constructor is lazy, so if you want to alter the defaults for a sequence, you need to use the maxvalue(), cache(), incrementBy(), etc. methods after constructing your sequence.
You can access an existing Oracle sequence by calling the constructor with the existing sequence name as the second parameter. To create a new sequence, call the constructor with your new sequence name as the second parameter, then call the create() method.
The OracleSequence object holds no state about the Oracle sequence (well, except for its name.) Instead it just serves as a passthrough to the Oracle DDL to create, drop, and set and get information about a sequence.
new($dbh,$S) - construct a new sequence with name $S
new($dbh) - construct a new sequence without naming it yet
name($S) - set the sequence name
name() - get the sequence name
create() - create a new sequence. Must have already called new(). Sequence will start with 1.
create($N) - create a new sequence. Must have already called new(). Sequence will start with $N
currval() - return the current sequence value. Note that for a brand new sequence, Oracle requires one reference to nextval before currval is valid.
nextval() - return the next sequence value
reset() - drop and recreate the sequence with default parms
incrementBy($N) - alter sequence to increment by $N
incrementBy() - return the current sequence's INCREMENT_BY value
maxvalue($N) - alter sequence setting maxvalue to $N
maxvalue() - return the current sequence's maxvalue
minvalue($N) - alter sequence setting minvalue to $N
minvalue() - return the current sequence's minvalue
cache($N) - alter sequence to cache the next $N values
cache() - return the current sequence's cache size
nocache() - alter sequence to not cache values
cycle('Y')/cycle('N') - alter sequence to cycle/not cycle after reaching maxvalue instead of returning an error. Note that cycle('N') and nocycle() are equivalent.
cycle() - return the current sequence's cycle flag
nocycle() - alter sequence to return an error after reaching maxvalue instead of cycling
order('Y')/order('N') - alter sequence to guarantee/not guarantee that sequence numbers are generated in the order of their request. Note that order('N') and noorder() are equivalent.
order() - return current sequence's order flag
noorder() - alter sequence to not guarantee that sequence numbers are generated in order of request
sequenceNameExists() - return 0 if current sequence's name does not already exist as a sequence name, non-zero if it does
sequenceNameExists($S) - return 0 if $S does not exist as a sequence name, non-zero if it does
getSequencesAref() - return an arrayRef of all existing sequence names in the current schema
printSequences() - print all existing sequence names in the current schema
info() - return a string containing information about the sequence
print() - print a string containing information about the sequence
drop() - drop the sequence
Copyright (c) 1999 Doug Bloebaum. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Doug Bloebaum <bloebaum@dma.org>
To install DBIx::OracleSequence, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm DBIx::OracleSequence
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install DBIx::OracleSequence
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.