Sequence in Bulk Insert

Question

Hi All
Just one doubt,
whether sequence can be used in Bulk insert query ?

Answer 1

Have you tried creating a test case? See below:
BANNER
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
PL/SQL Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
CORE    11.2.0.1.0      Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
SQL > CREATE table test_tab(id NUMBER, ename VARCHAR2(10));
Table created.
SQL > CREATE SEQUENCE test_seq;
Sequence created.
SQL > DECLARE
  2          TYPE e_list is TABLE OF test_tab.ename%TYPE INDEX BY PLS_INTEGER;
  3
  4          emps e_list;
  5  BEGIN
  6          emps(1) := 'Jeff';
  7          emps(2) := 'Jane';
  8          emps(3) := 'Joe';
  9
10          FORALL i IN emps.FIRST .. emps.LAST
11                  INSERT INTO test_tab(id, ename) VALUES(test_seq.NEXTVAL,emps(i));
12
13          COMMIT;
14  END;
15  /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL > SELECT * FROM test_tab;
                  ID ENAME
                   2 Jeff
                   3 Jane
                   4 Joe
SQL > DROP SEQUENCE test_seq;
Sequence dropped.
SQL > DROP TABLE test_tab PURGE;
Table dropped.