Re: MSSQL to PostgreSQL - Issue trying to generate unique ID using actual date

OOPS did not mean to click send

On 3/18/2010 12:53 PM, Ignacio Balcarce wrote:
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> Justin,
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> Thanks in advance for your email. I forgot to tell than everyday IDs
> must start from 0. So… sequence id would look like: YYYYMMDD 00000001,
> YYYYMMDD 00000002, etc.
>
> Is there any way to make this sequence start from 0 every day?
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> Ignacio
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--we need to create a table so we keep track sequence number and when to
reset the count

create table sequ_id ( id_number int, sequ_name char(25), date_lastrun
date);

--insert a record ;
insert into sequ_id values (1, 'thuban_seq', current_date);

--- Now for the function to generate the ID with the date leading

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION THUBAN_SP_GENERATEID()
RETURNS VARCHAR

AS $$
declare creturn varchar ;

BEGIN
--now update the sequ_id table so we know the value we get makes sense,
Update sequ_id set id_number = 1 where sequ_name= 'thuban_seq' and
date_lastrun <> current_date;

--now we get the next build the ID go to the table get the current
value add some zeros in front and add the date to the front.

creturn = to_char( current_date, 'YYYYMMDD')::varchar || ' ' ||
(Select lpad( id_number::char, 7, '0' )::varchar from sequ_id where
sequ_name= 'thuban_seq' )

--update the sequence table
Update sequ_id set id_number = (id_number + 1) where sequ_name=
'thuban_seq';
--return the value
return creturn ;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;

this will do what you want.

now i have NOT tested this but should get you closer, inside of the
god awful code from before.

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