SQL - Find missing int values in mostly ordered sequential series

Question

I manage a message based system in which a sequence of unique integer ids will be entirely represented at the end of the day, though they will not necessarily arrive in orde

Answer 1

I applied it in mysql, it worked ..

mysql> select * from sequence;
+--------+
| number |
+--------+
|      1 |
|      2 |
|      4 |
|      6 |
|      7 |
|      8 |
+--------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> SELECT t1.number - 1 FROM sequence AS t1 LEFT OUTER JOIN sequence AS t2 O
N t1.number = t2.number +1 WHERE t2.number IS NULL;
+---------------+
| t1.number - 1 |
+---------------+
|             0 |
|             3 |
|             5 |
+---------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)