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  • What is CYCLE/NO CYCLE in a Sequence

    Answer posted by Scott on 2005-05-25 18:39:48: When you create a sequence with CYCLE option, you are saying that when the sequence reaches its MAXVALUE, it will start over at the MINVALUE. This is not wise if using the sequence for primary key creation.  When you create a sequence with NOCYCLE option, you are saying that when the sequence reaches its MAXVALUE, it will NOT start over at the...

    rahul

    • Aug 6th, 2017

    I tried ....sequence will start from 1

    feliz

    • Aug 15th, 2016

    Kirnapps, this is not correct - CYCLE will restart with the minvalue again - it will not go past the maxvalue, as kiranapps post reply states.