Is there a generic way to generate an arbitrary linear sequence in SQL?

Question

Is there a SQL query I can do that will generate a linear sequence like

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ... x+1

or

2, 7, 12, 17, 22 ...         


        

Answer 1

You can specify an increment when creating a sequence :

CREATE SEQUENCE mysequence  INCREMENT BY 5 START WITH 2;