At 11/12/2002 12:47 PM (Tuesday), Ann W. Harrison wrote:

>Yes, there's one tuple in rdb$database and it contains
>the next available relation (i.e. table) id. The rdb$database
>table is guaranteed to have exactly one entry and it's used
>like the Oracle pseudo table called.... called.... called...

DUAL.

(In the running for the worst chosen name for anything technical, ever.)