Select sq.NEXVAL in Trigger on 11g ?

Question

Hi,
does the old version :
select sq.nextval inro :NEW.id# from dual not work in a bef - ins - trigger on 11g ?
With :NEW.id# := sq.nextval; it works ..
Thanks ,
Friedhold

Answer 1

Well,
I don't have Oracle 11g installed in my laptop. So, i had to use Oracle Apex facility to get that.
Here is the simulation ->
In 10g,
satyaki>
satyaki>select * from v$version;
BANNER
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Prod
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Production
CORE    10.2.0.3.0      Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.3.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.3.0 - Production
Elapsed: 00:00:00.15
satyaki>
satyaki>
satyaki>create table fmtz
  2    (
  3      i_d     number(5) not null,
  4      d_esc   varchar2(50)
  5    );
Table created.
Elapsed: 00:00:04.70
satyaki>
satyaki>create sequence fmtz_seq
  2  start with 1
  3  increment by 1;
Sequence created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.25
satyaki>create or replace trigger fmtz_proc
  2  before insert on fmtz
  3  for each row
  4  declare
  5    snt    number(5);
  6  begin
  7    select fmtz_seq.nextval
  8    into snt
  9    from dual;
10   
11    :new.i_d := snt;
12  end;
13  /
Trigger created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.12
satyaki>
satyaki>insert into fmtz(d_esc) values('&d_sc');
Enter value for d_sc: POPULAR
old   1: insert into fmtz(d_esc) values('&d_sc')
new   1: insert into fmtz(d_esc) values('POPULAR')
1 row created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.12
satyaki>
satyaki>select * from fmtz;
       I_D D_ESC
       103 POPULAR
Elapsed: 00:00:00.22
satyaki>
satyaki>
satyaki>In 11g,
select * from v$version
BANNER
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.1.0.6.0 - Production
PL/SQL Release 11.1.0.6.0 - Production
CORE 11.1.0.6.0 Production
TNS for Linux: Version 11.1.0.6.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 11.1.0.6.0 - Production
5 rows returned in 0.03 seconds
create table fmtz
    i_d     number(5) not null,
    d_esc   varchar2(50)
Table created.
0.79 seconds
create sequence fmtz_seq
start with 1
increment by 1;
Sequence created.
0.01 seconds
create or replace trigger fmtz_proc
before insert on fmtz
for each row
declare
  snt    number(5);
begin
  select fmtz_seq.nextval
  into snt
  from dual;
  :new.i_d := snt;
end;
Trigger created.
0.13 seconds
insert into fmtz(d_esc) values('FMTZ');
1 row(s) inserted.
0.02 seconds
select * from fmtz;
I_D     D_ESC
1     FMTZ
1 rows returned in 0.01 secondsRegards.
Satyaki De.