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Database Key Generation in Java Applications

September 3rd, 2008 by Scott Selikoff

All JDBC programmers at one time or another have had to deal with key generation for new records, or more precisely, how to retrieve keys for newly created records. This article discusses some of the techniques and limitations offered to Java JDBC programmers. Unique Keys Most (good) database systems assign a unique key, usually a [...]