db_nextval

one of the documented procedures in this installation of the ACS
Usage:
db_nextval   sequence
What it does:
Returns the next value for a sequence. Ultimately this will cache a block of sequence values to save hits to the database.
Defined in: /web/philip/packages/acs-core/10-database-procs.tcl

Source code:


    return [db_string "select $sequence.nextval from dual"]


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