In response to "Timasmith" <timasmith@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > I am using hibernate, using a view like a read only table and I need a > primary key each time a select is issued. > > So in Oracle terms this might work, though I am skeptical that > Hibernate is going to return a cached result. > > create view myview as > select rownum, t1.field, t2.field > from tableOne t1, tableTwo t2 > where t1.key = t2.fkey > > select * from myview > > But what I really need is > > select makemeauniquekey, t1.field, t2.field > ... > > Maybe there is no way I think... incrementing a sequence per select > is untenable. Create a sequence and use nextval(). -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. wmoran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: 412-422-3463x4023 **************************************************************** IMPORTANT: This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient (or the individual responsible for the delivery of this message to an intended recipient), please be advised that any re-use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. ****************************************************************
