A decrement sequence
SQL> SQL> -- A decrement sequence SQL> SQL> SQL> CREATE SEQUENCE StudentNumSeq 2 INCREMENT BY -1 3 START WITH 50000 4 MAXVALUE 99999 5 MINVALUE 0 6 NOCACHE 7 NOCYCLE; Sequence created. SQL> SQL> select studentNumSeq.nextVal from dual; NEXTVAL ---------- 50000 SQL> select studentNumSeq.nextVal from dual; NEXTVAL ---------- 49999 SQL> select studentNumSeq.nextVal from dual; NEXTVAL ---------- 49998 SQL> select studentNumSeq.nextVal from dual; NEXTVAL ---------- 49997 SQL> SQL> SQL> drop sequence studentNumSeq; Sequence dropped. SQL> SQL> SQL>