Hi, 1) I am migration from Oracle to MySQL DB. How can I create the SEQUENCE and the TRIGGER in MySQL "style"/"way" . /**********************************************/ CREATE SEQUENCE SYS_MSG_TEMPL_SEQ MINVALUE 1 MAXVALUE 999999999999999 CYCLE; CREATE TRIGGER sys_msg_templ_trig BEFORE INSERT ON SYS_MSG_TEMPL REFERENCING OLD AS OLD NEW AS NEW FOR EACH ROW BEGIN SELECT sys_msg_templ_seq.NEXTVAL INTO :new.template_id FROM dual; End; / /**********************************************/ CREATE SEQUENCE AD_MNG_SYS_SEQ MINVALUE 1 MAXVALUE 999999 CYCLE; CREATE TRIGGER AD_MNG_SYS_TRIG BEFORE INSERT ON AD_MNG_SYS REFERENCING OLD AS OLD NEW AS NEW FOR EACH ROW BEGIN Select AD_MNG_SYS_SEQ.NEXTVAL INTO :new.AMS_ID FROM Dual; END; /**********************************************/ 2) what is equal to 'sysdate' (to get/put the system date in a table) in MySQL DB. Thanks, Ilan _________________________________________ ILAN FAIT Tel: 972-9-9519133 Ex.247 iWeb Technologies Fax: 972-9-9519134 91 Medinat Ha'Yehudim St. Herzliya 46120 IL mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.iweb.com