how to create serial number in a column table and also want to display serial number in a form

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hi all,

i want to know how to create column which is a serial number..lets say start with 'SA00001' or '00001'........

and then in my form, user will insert data in a form which has a serial number stated above.

No: SA00001
Name:
Quantity:
Total:

please help me on this

thanks in advance
musiw.

Posted 8-Nov-12 5:47am

musiw

Updated 8-Nov-12 8:15am

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joshrduncan2012 8-Nov-12 12:12pm

What have you tried so far?

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fjdiewornncalwe · Answer 1 · 2012-11-08T08:15:00

Solution 1

1) Get the current maximum value that exists from the numeric portion.
2) Create a string value of the serial number appending the appropriate string prefix and the left padded numeric portion together.
3) When the code you write doesn't do quite what you want, post the code you wrote yourself and we'll be glad to help more.

Posted 8-Nov-12 8:15am

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A N Saraf 9-Nov-12 0:29am

Little bit more
U can add a column to your db which is numeric only and keep numeric part of serial no in it this would make your coding easy