diff --git a/jpetstore/src/org/springframework/samples/jpetstore/dao/ibatis/SqlMapSequenceDao.java b/jpetstore/src/org/springframework/samples/jpetstore/dao/ibatis/SqlMapSequenceDao.java
index bf0e7d1..d5e2e54 100644
--- a/jpetstore/src/org/springframework/samples/jpetstore/dao/ibatis/SqlMapSequenceDao.java
+++ b/jpetstore/src/org/springframework/samples/jpetstore/dao/ibatis/SqlMapSequenceDao.java
@@ -15,14 +15,13 @@ public class SqlMapSequenceDao extends SqlMapClientDaoSupport {
    */
   public int getNextId(String name) throws DataAccessException {
     Sequence sequence = new Sequence(name, -1);
-    sequence = (Sequence) getSqlMapClientTemplate().queryForObject("getSequence", sequence);
+    sequence = (Sequence) getSqlMapClientTemplate().queryForObject("incrementAndReturnModified", sequence);
     if (sequence == null) {
       throw new DataRetrievalFailureException(
-					"Could not get next value of sequence '" + name + "': sequence does not exist");
+                                "Could not get next value of sequence '" + name + "': sequence does not exist");
     }
-    Object parameterObject = new Sequence(name, sequence.getNextId() + 1);
-    getSqlMapClientTemplate().update("updateSequence", parameterObject, 1);
     return sequence.getNextId();
   }
 
 }
+
diff --git a/jpetstore/src/org/springframework/samples/jpetstore/dao/ibatis/maps/Sequence.xml b/jpetstore/src/org/springframework/samples/jpetstore/dao/ibatis/maps/Sequence.xml
index 8c6dbe9..e8d4870 100644
--- a/jpetstore/src/org/springframework/samples/jpetstore/dao/ibatis/maps/Sequence.xml
+++ b/jpetstore/src/org/springframework/samples/jpetstore/dao/ibatis/maps/Sequence.xml
@@ -20,4 +20,9 @@
     update sequence set nextid = #nextId# where name = #name#
   </update>
 
+  <select id="incrementAndReturnModified" resultMap="result">
+    update sequence set nextid = nextid + 1 where name = #name# returning name, nextid
+  </select>
+
 </sqlMap>
+