Hi, > going on with my project I am looking for a way to generate unique > ident-codes for some entries. > I.e. if a customer adds a request to the system I have the internal > index model_id for internal use. > To have a better look and feel for customers and staff I would like to > have something more human like a combination of numbers and letters > (not only the id or a timestamp). > > Any idea how to do this? > Sure I might use php and some random functions to generate letters and > numbers as I need. > My problems is to have em unique - can I use the unique function for > validating the field in databese or the model vaidation or will I have > to program a lookup for the database to ensure a generated code is not > already in use.
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