support inline sequence id generation on Oracle using RETURNING clause ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-1179 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-1179 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: New Feature Components: core Reporter: Steve Ebersole Assignee: Steve Ebersole Priority: Minor Fix For: 3.2.0 cr1 A common practice on Oracle is to use sequences for id generation, but to "inline" the nextval call into the insert statement utilizing the Oracle-specific RETURNING clause to return the generated value: insert into my_table ( id, name ) values ( sequence_name.nextval, 'blahblahblah' ) returning id the process is very simliar to dialects supporting "insert-select-identity"