Link a sequence with to an identity in hsqldb - sql

Question

In PostgreSql, one can define a sequence and use it as the primary key of a table. In HsqlDB, one can still accomplish creating an auto-increment identity column which doesn't link to any user defined sequence. Is it possible to use a user defined sequence as the generator of an auto-increment identity column in HsqlDB?
Sample sql in PostgreSql:
CREATE SEQUENCE seq_company_id START WITH 1;
CREATE TABLE company (
id bigint PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT nextval('seq_company_id'),
name varchar(128) NOT NULL CHECK (name <> '')
);
What's the equivalent in HsqlDB?
Thanks.

Answer 1

In version 2.0, there is no direct feature for this. You can define a BEFORE INSERT trigger on the table to do this:
CREATE TABLE company ( id bigint PRIMARY KEY, name varchar(128) NOT NULL CHECK (name <> '') );
CREATE TRIGGER trigg BEFORE INSERT
ON company REFERENCING NEW ROW AS newrow
FOR EACH ROW
SET newrow.id = NEXT VALUE FOR seq_company_id;
and insert without using any vlue for id
INSERT INTO company VALUES null, 'test'
Update for HSQLDB 2.1 and later: A feature has been added to support this.
CREATE SEQUENCE SEQU
CREATE TABLE company ( id bigint GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS SEQUENCE SEQU PRIMARY KEY, name varchar(128) NOT NULL CHECK (name <> '') );
See the Guide under CREATE TABLE http://hsqldb.org/doc/2.0/guide/databaseobjects-chapt.html#dbc_table_creation
In addition, 2.1 and later has a PostgreSQL compatibility mode in which it accepts the PostgreSQL CREATE TABLE statement that references the sequence in the DEFAULT clause and translates it to HSQLDB syntax.