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i want to create a column that increments automatically when data for other columns are inserted. The data type for this column is varchar made of the following format based on some conditons
BD/00001/99A
EX/00002/00B
PS/00003/00A
the numbers between 00001-00003 will be incrementing each time a new data is inserted. others are conditions based, usually not changing.
any help would be appreciated
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10-Aug-09 2:59am
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I would use two fields, one strictly an autoincrementing number, the other (the composite field you want) fully calculated from the available data.
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