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
  MI         


        

Answer 1

use dynamic sql

BEGIN
            DECLARE
            maxId NUMBER;
              BEGIN
              SELECT MAX(id)+1
              INTO maxId
              FROM table_name;          
              execute immediate('CREATE SEQUENCE sequane_name MINVALUE '||maxId||' START WITH '||maxId||' INCREMENT BY 1 NOCACHE NOCYCLE');
              END;
END;