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generating a unique company code

catboy
in Calculation Engine (Define Fields)

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I've got a company details table / database with each company having a unique company code.

At the moment the field is set so that it auto enters a serial number with a increment of 1 each time but what i really want is to generate a unique company code based on the name of the company.

for example a company called microsoft would have a code of MIC01 and if you added a company called microwidget that would be called MIC02. Does that make sense? Basically I want to take the first 3 letters of the company name and a number (or whatever the best way is to do this)

Thanks

Set up a calculated field.

Calculation:

Left (CompanyDB::CompanyName ;3) & CompanyDB::CompanyID

It grabs the first 3 letters of the company name plus the CompanyID.

HTH

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