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   Michael Hill to All   
   re-numbering pimary-key   
   15 Dec 03 15:37:32   
   
   From: hillmw@ram.lmtas.lmco.com   
      
   I have a series of tables that have primary-key / foreign key   
   relationships where the primary key was being incremented in error by 20   
   instead of  by 1. The default cache value was set to 20. It has since   
   been re-set to 1.   
      
   I'd like to re-number the primary key and then re-set the sequence then   
   back to the correct number to increment.   
      
   Anyone have any lessons leaned that I need to watch in doing this?   
      
   Example of proposed numbering change:   
   If I have 1,4,8,12,18   
      
   I would change:   
   18 to 99,   
   12, to 98.   
      
   Then change   
   4 to 2,   
   8 to 3,   
   98 to 4,   
   99 to 5.   
      
   Then change the next sequence number to 6.   
      
   Anyone see any problem with this?   
      
   Mike   
      
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