SHOW GENERATORS

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Lists all generators or displays information about a specified generator.

SHOW {GENERATORS | GENERATOR name};
Argument Description

<name>

Name of an existing generator in the current database

Description: To see a list of existing generators, use SHOW GENERATORS. SHOW ­GENERATOR name displays information about the named generator in the current database. Output includes the name of the generator and its next value.

SHOW GENERATOR has a shorthand equivalent, SHOW GEN.

Example: The following example lists all generators and then shows information about EMP_NO_GEN:

SHOW GENERATORS;
Generator EMP_NO_GEN, Next value: 146
Generator CUST_NO_GEN, Next value: 1016

SHOW GENERATOR EMP_NO_GEN;
Generator EMP_NO_GEN, Next value: 146