Auto generate varchar Ticket number via DB...

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Published on 2010-03-08T15:47:45Z Indexed on 2010/03/08 15:51 UTC
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Hello, I'm looking for suggestion on how to get the DB to auto generate Ticket numbers (preferably via the SQL DB) for a varchar column. I have the following tables in the DB: Activities & Cases and would prefer the format to be "Act000001" or "Cse000001". This would be something similar to the identity column property.

Any suggestion would be highly appreciated.

Thanks. Rusty

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