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How can I append a column to an inner SQL statement?

I have two tables that have the same structure except one has an additional column that should be auto-incremented. Sequence and trigger are defined. I want to copy all data from one table to ...
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Limiting Generated Sequence Values in Multi-table Insert

In Oracle, given the following objects: create table a (x number ); create table b (val number ); create table c (val number ); create sequence my_seq; Suppose I populate table a as follows: ...
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How Does Oracle Handle Multiple Concurrent INSERTs Against One Table

I am trying to understand Oracle 11g a little more closely. My question is simple: how does Oracle handle two sessions that are attempting to insert records into a single table at the same time. For ...
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Is (and if how) it possible in Oracle to “insert into <table> values <rowtype-variable>” if <table> has virtual columns

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Suppose I have a table containing the following data: Name | Things ------------- Foo | 5 Bar | 3 Baz | 8 If I want to insert a row, so that the final state of the table is: Name | Things ...