How to create an Oracle sequence starting with max value from a table?

Question

Trying to create a sequence in Oracle that starts with the max value from a specific table. Why does this not work?

CREATE SEQUENCE transaction_sequence
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Answer 1

Here I have my example which works just fine:

declare
 ex number;
begin
  select MAX(MAX_FK_ID)  + 1 into ex from TABLE;
  If ex > 0 then
    begin
            execute immediate 'DROP SEQUENCE SQ_NAME';
      exception when others then
        null;
    end;
    execute immediate 'CREATE SEQUENCE SQ_NAME INCREMENT BY 1 START WITH ' || ex || ' NOCYCLE CACHE 20 NOORDER';
  end if;
end;

Answer 2

DECLARE
    v_max NUMBER;
BEGIN
    SELECT (NVL (MAX (<COLUMN_NAME>), 0) + 1) INTO v_max FROM <TABLE_NAME>;
    EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'CREATE SEQUENCE <SEQUENCE_NAME> INCREMENT BY 1 START WITH ' || v_max || ' NOCYCLE CACHE 20 NOORDER';
END;