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Old November 28th, 2006, 04:09 PM
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Question Create new id

Hello,

I need help with the following:

Basically, what I am trying to do is generate a unique id when the user clicks a button on my web page. SSN's used to be used before, but those are no longer being required. I'm trying to find an SSN replacement - it must be 9 characters long. But, instead of all numbers, it will be 8 letters and then a number. I want to make sure the value that is generated is always unique.

How can I do this? Is this best done in the asp code or on the sql side? Thoughts?

Thanks!

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Old November 30th, 2006, 09:51 AM
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Here is a script to generate a random string. 8 letters 1 number.

It also has a check to make sure a duplicate record is not inserted.

Code:
<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%>
<%
set conn=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
conn.Provider="Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0"
conn.Open Server.MapPath("RandomOrderNumber.mdb")
%>

<%
		
Function getRand()
Randomize

lowestNumber=0
highestNumber=9
MyOrderNum = Int((highestNumber - lowestNumber + 1) * Rnd + lowestNumber)

lowestLetter=65
highestLetter=90
For x=1 To 8 
	MyOrderLetter = MyOrderLetter & Chr(Int((highestLetter - lowestLetter + 1) * Rnd + lowestLetter)) 
Next

getRand = MyOrderLetter & MyOrderNum
End Function

Function InsertData(ordernum)
sql = "SELECT orderno FROM orders WHERE orderno = '" & ordernum & "'"
		'Response.Write sql
		set rs=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.recordset")
		rs.Open sql, conn
		If Not rs.EOF Then
			InsertData = False
			Response.Write "<span style=""color:red"">" & ordernum & ": " & "NOT ADDED</span><br>"
			rs.Close
		Else
			sql = "INSERT INTO orders (orderno) VALUES ('" & ordernum & "')"
			InsertData = True
			Response.Write ordernum & ": " & "ADDED<br>"
			conn.Execute sql
		End If
End Function
%>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>

<body>
<form name="form1" method="post" action="">
  <input name="Add" type="submit" id="Add" value="Add Records">
  <input name="Show" type="submit" id="Show" value="Show All Records">
  <input name="Clear" type="submit" id="Clear" value="Delete All Records">
  <input name="Test" type="submit" id="Test" value="Test">
  <input name="orderno" type="text" id="orderno" maxlength="10">
</form>

<%
If Len(Request.Form("Add")) > 0 Then
Count = 0
Called = 0
Do Until Count = 100
	tmp = InsertData(getRand)
	If tmp <> False Then
		Count = Count + 1
	End If
	Called = Called + 1
Loop
Response.Write "Called " & Called & " Times<br>"
Response.Write Count & " Records Added"
End If


If Len(Request.Form("Show")) > 0 Then
	set rs=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.recordset")
	sql = "SELECT id, orderno FROM orders"
	rs.Open sql, conn
	Response.Write "<table border=""1"" cellspacing=""0""><tr><td>Count</td><td>ID</td><td>OrderNo</td></tr>"
		Do While Not rs.EOF
			Count = Count + 1
			Response.Write "<tr><td>" & Count & "</td><td>" & rs("id") & "</td><td>" & rs("orderno") & "</td></tr>"
			rs.MoveNext
		Loop
	Response.Write "</table>"
	rs.Close
End If	



If Len(Request.Form("Test")) > 0 Then 
	If Request.Form("orderno") <> "" Then
		orderno = Request.Form("orderno")
	Else
		orderno = 0
	End If
	  
	set rs=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.recordset")
	sql = "SELECT id, orderno FROM orders WHERE orderno='" & orderno & "'"
	rs.Open sql, conn
	
	If Not rs.EOF Then
		Response.Write orderno & " Exists<br>"
	Else
		Response.Write orderno & " does not exist<br>"
	End If
End If

If Len(Request.Form("Clear")) > 0 Then
	set rs=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.recordset")
	sql = "DELETE FROM orders"
	rs.Open sql, conn
	Response.Write "Records Deleted"
End If
%>

</body>
</html>
<%
conn.Close
%>
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