Reference Field in SQL Table

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Hi all,

I have created a table with an int primary key that is set to automatically increase.

But, customer neeeds some readable key for each row, for instance PRD-12-00001 where 12 is the year and 00001 a correlative number.

For this purpose I have created an ID table with two fields, Key and Number.

I need an UDF that retrieves the number from this table and increments this number.

Is there any sample over there?

Thanks in advance
Antxon

Posted 8-Jul-12 2:23am

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Sandeep Mewara · Answer 1 · 2012-07-08T03:55:00

Try something like:

SQL

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[empWithTrigger](
        [sal] [decimal](10, 2) NULL,
        [code] [varchar](50) NULL,
        [tag] [varchar](50) NULL,
        [id] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
        [alphanumeric] [varchar](50)
)
GO

Create TRIGGER alphanumericColumn
   ON  empWithTrigger
   AFTER  INSERT
AS
BEGIN
        -- SET NOCOUNT ON added to prevent extra result sets from
        -- interfering with SELECT statements.
        SET NOCOUNT ON;

UPDATE a
SET    alphanumeric = 'ABC' + LEFT('00' + CAST(inserted.id AS VARCHAR(10)), 3)
FROM   empWithTrigger a
       INNER JOIN inserted
         ON a.id = inserted.id

END
GO

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