International Business Machines Corporation
Database sequence object having a dynamic cache block size

Abstract:

A sequence object manager provides a sequence object with a dynamic cache block size that indicates a block size of values to be added to the sequence object when the cache values are exhausted. The dynamic block size allows the sequence object manager to optimize performance and storage space depending on applications using the sequence object. The dynamically block size is set and maintained by the sequence object manager based on observed performance and historical trends of the applications. A seed value may be provided by the user to initially set the dynamic block size.