In response to "Timasmith" <timasmith@hotmail.com>:
> 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().
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Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.
wmoran@collaborativefusion.com
Phone: 412-422-3463x4023
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