Auto number by sequence and trigger - issue

Question

Hi,
i need to insert auto number in one of the column of my table, and i tried like the following way..
CREATE TABLE STOP_TRACKING
  ID                    NUMBER                           primary key,
  MSISDN                NUMBER                  NOT NULL,
  TIME_STAMP            DATE                    DEFAULT SYSDATE,
  STOP_TRACKING_RESULT  NUMBER,
  REQUEST_ID            VARCHAR2(60 BYTE)
TABLESPACE SYSTEM
PCTUSED    40
PCTFREE    10
INITRANS   1
MAXTRANS   255
STORAGE    (
            INITIAL          64K
            MINEXTENTS       1
            MAXEXTENTS       2147483645
            PCTINCREASE      0
            FREELISTS        1
            FREELIST GROUPS  1
            BUFFER_POOL      DEFAULT
LOGGING
NOCACHE
NOPARALLEL;
COMMENT ON COLUMN STOP_TRACKING.STOP_TRACKING_RESULT IS 'IF RESULT ID "0" - OK AND IF RESULT ID "1" - NOT OK';
create sequence seq_autonumber;
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER trg_autonumber
BEFORE INSERT ON STOP_TRACKING
FOR EACH ROW
WHEN (new.id IS NULL)
BEGIN
  SELECT seq_autonumber.NEXTVAL
  INTO   :new.id
  FROM   STOP_TRACKING;
END;
/when i execute the create trigger sql in toad sql editor am getting a pop up saying
>
variable name:NEW
Type: drop down list ...here i tried almost relevant data types, int,long,....
Value:...here i entered 1
and clicked ok...and got the error as
ORA-01036: illegal variable name/number
>
what could be issue?
Edited by: Aemunathan on Nov 22, 2009 2:55 PM

Answer 1

I just copy pasted your code.
Works just fine.
I believe you issue is realed to TOAD rather than pl/sql.
Would have loved to help you but i use pl/sql developer.
However if possible send a screen shot.
Cheers!!!
Bhushan