code: def increment(self, conn, seqName, transaction = False, incCount=1):
          
  
          #FIXME: Do we need to lock the tables here?
  
          sql = "select %s%s.nextval as val from dual" % (self.owner, seqName)
          result = self.dbi.processData(sql, conn=conn, transaction=transaction)
          resultlist = self.formatDict(result)
          return resultlist[0]['val']
docs: increments the sequence `seqName` by default `Incremented by`
          and returns its value
          incCount: is UNUSED variable in Oracle implementation