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Posted - 2005-04-11 : 08:10:00
mbako writes "Hello,

is it possible to generate an unique id like this "1AA00002 in sql.
Please help
Thanks,
Mbako"

jsmith8858
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Posted - 2005-04-11 : 09:03:42
You need to clearly define all of the rules for how this value is incremented before you can even start to think about how to implement it in any programming language.



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madhivanan
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Posted - 2005-04-11 : 09:07:28

Select '1AA'+convert(varchar(5),(right(max(right(column,5))+'00001'+1,5)))


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