Wow I think you are on to something!!! I'll give it a whirl! Thanks!
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 10 Mar 2004 J J wrote: > > > My problem is how do I recreate this in PHP to > make > > sure any newly added records follow this same > unique > > ID? > > I haven't played much with these functions but I > think for MySQL you'd > want something like this, for the state "XX" (excuse > the wrapped > lines): > > if ($result = > mysql_query("select max(id) from table where > left(id, 2) = 'XX'")) { > $row = mysql_fetch_row($result); > $newid = strpad($row[0] + 1, 5, "0", > STR_PAD_LEFT); > mysql_query("insert into table set id = 'XX'" . > $newid); > $newrecnum = mysql_insert_id(); > } > > That is crude and uuntested, needs some error > checking and most likely > table locking, but it's one possibility for a base. > > -- > Tom > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php