Stephane... Thanks for the reply.
>> SELECT sequence.nextval FROM table WHERE ROWNUM < x >> It just seems too kludgy, and I didn't think creating a table with >> dummy data for the count would be a good way to go. Any suggestions? > Why 'too kludgy' ? If you are inside a PL/SQL package have you though > of a bulk collect into an array of numbers? It seems kludgy to me to have a table of n-rows of dummy data to grab a specific number of values from a sequence. Is this a common practice? Gary Chambers //------------------------------------- // Lucent Technologies GIO/Unix // 4 Robbins Road, Westford, MA 01886 // 978-399-0481 / 888-480-6924 (Pager) // Nothing fancy and nothing Microsoft //------------------------------------- -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Gary Chambers INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
