def increment(self, conn, seqName, transaction = False, incCount=1):
        """
        increments the sequence `seqName` by default `Incremented by`
        and returns its value
        incCount: is UNUSED variable in Oracle implementation
        """

        #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']
increments the sequence `seqName` by default `Incremented by`
        and returns its value
        incCount: is UNUSED variable in Oracle implementation