information-schema-sequences.md

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SEQUENCES	Learn the `SEQUENCES` information_schema table.

SEQUENCES

The SEQUENCES table provides information about sequences. The sequences feature is modeled on a similar feature in MariaDB.

{{< copyable "sql" >}}

USE information_schema;
DESC sequences;

+-----------------+--------------+------+------+---------+-------+
| Field           | Type         | Null | Key  | Default | Extra |
+-----------------+--------------+------+------+---------+-------+
| TABLE_CATALOG   | varchar(512) | NO   |      | NULL    |       |
| SEQUENCE_SCHEMA | varchar(64)  | NO   |      | NULL    |       |
| SEQUENCE_NAME   | varchar(64)  | NO   |      | NULL    |       |
| CACHE           | tinyint(4)   | NO   |      | NULL    |       |
| CACHE_VALUE     | bigint(21)   | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| CYCLE           | tinyint(4)   | NO   |      | NULL    |       |
| INCREMENT       | bigint(21)   | NO   |      | NULL    |       |
| MAX_VALUE       | bigint(21)   | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| MIN_VALUE       | bigint(21)   | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| START           | bigint(21)   | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| COMMENT         | varchar(64)  | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
+-----------------+--------------+------+------+---------+-------+
11 rows in set (0.00 sec)

{{< copyable "sql" >}}

CREATE SEQUENCE test.seq;
SELECT nextval(test.seq);
SELECT * FROM sequences\G

+-------------------+
| nextval(test.seq) |
+-------------------+
|                 1 |
+-------------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

*************************** 1. row ***************************
  TABLE_CATALOG: def
SEQUENCE_SCHEMA: test
  SEQUENCE_NAME: seq
          CACHE: 1
    CACHE_VALUE: 1000
          CYCLE: 0
      INCREMENT: 1
      MAX_VALUE: 9223372036854775806
      MIN_VALUE: 1
          START: 1
        COMMENT: 
1 row in set (0.00 sec)