How to create id with AUTO_INCREMENT on Oracle?

Question

It appears that there is no concept of AUTO_INCREMENT in Oracle, up until and including version 11g.

How can I create a column that behaves like auto increment in Or

Answer 1

FUNCTION UNIQUE2(
 seq IN NUMBER
) RETURN VARCHAR2
AS
 i NUMBER := seq;
 s VARCHAR2(9);
 r NUMBER(2,0);
BEGIN
  WHILE i > 0 LOOP
    r := MOD( i, 36 );
    i := ( i - r ) / 36;
    IF ( r < 10 ) THEN
      s := TO_CHAR(r) || s;
    ELSE
      s := CHR( 55 + r ) || s;
    END IF;
  END LOOP;
  RETURN 'ID'||LPAD( s, 14, '0' );
END;