Re: unique ascending numbers
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 50178
interpreted = N
texte = No I'm still plugging away with poor-boy version 4.5 : c)Thanks, [math]{[date]}[/math] as you suggest should be fine for this application, just as long a I don't create more than one new record a second .... right?I don't think adding the random number will work for me because then I lose the ascending numbers part that I need.Thanks,On Friday, May 9, 2003, at 10:26 AM, Nitai @ ComputerOil wrote:> On 9.5.2003 19:06 Uhr, Marc Kaiwi
wrote: > >> Humm, I was hoping to avoid throwing in an extra search just to >> retrieve the last SKU number in the db. (I have a thing about extra >> processing simply because it's easy) > > Do you have 5.x? If so then use &autonumber=field and you are done, no > extra > processing! > >> Can't I get something like the number of seconds since 1904 or >> something like that? Wouldn't that work for me? Or not? > > Yes, you can, but still for safety I would throw in a random to make > sure > they are unique. You could create a > [random][random]_[math]{[date]}[/math][math]{[time]}[/math]. > > Sincerely, > Nitai Aventaggiato > CEOSigned: Marc Kaiwi ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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No I'm still plugging away with poor-boy version 4.5 : c)Thanks, [math]{[date]}[/math] as you suggest should be fine for this application, just as long a I don't create more than one new record a second .... right?I don't think adding the random number will work for me because then I lose the ascending numbers part that I need.Thanks,On Friday, May 9, 2003, at 10:26 AM, Nitai @ ComputerOil wrote:> On 9.5.2003 19:06 Uhr, Marc Kaiwi wrote: > >> Humm, I was hoping to avoid throwing in an extra search just to >> retrieve the last SKU number in the db. (I have a thing about extra >> processing simply because it's easy) > > Do you have 5.x? If so then use &autonumber=field and you are done, no > extra > processing! > >> Can't I get something like the number of seconds since 1904 or >> something like that? Wouldn't that work for me? Or not? > > Yes, you can, but still for safety I would throw in a random to make > sure > they are unique. You could create a > [random][random]_[math]{[date]}[/math][math]{[time]}[/math]. > > Sincerely, > Nitai Aventaggiato > CEOSigned: Marc Kaiwi ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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