How to generate a code like this

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I am writing a database program and I would like to generate item codes so that all the item will be identified by this code.
The items are in categories examples (soft-drinks, wines, beers, etc.)

I would like to create a function the will generate this codes for me. For example a category (Array) is wines all the item codes in Wine in the Array Wine should begin with the word 'W', if it is Beers all the items codes in the Array Beer must begin with' B'.

Thank you.

Posted 6-Nov-11 3:15am

atoivan

Updated 6-Nov-11 4:45am

André Kraak

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Manfred Rudolf Bihy 6-Nov-11 9:34am

And where exactly is your problem?

OriginalGriff 6-Nov-11 9:48am

And what have you done so far?

Andrew Brock 6-Nov-11 10:12am

If you are using a proper database solution such as MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL, ... then there is functionality provided for generating unique IDs for a table entry. Depending on the particular database solution, you may or may not be able to add the category code to the front.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Nov-11 10:36am

What do you mean by generating code? Why? What's the idea behind?
--SA

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