I need this 10-digit unique ID for every model instance so users can easily search up a specific model instance. It will be publicly displayed on the website, unlike a primary key which is usually hidden
On Sunday, October 22, 2017 at 1:31:23 PM UTC-4, Avraham Serour wrote: > > The database usually handles this and you don't need to worry, there are > many corner cases and DB systems are able to handle them > > But they won't look like whatever format you would like, usually it is > just a number > > Why do you need the IDs to look like that? > > On Oct 22, 2017 6:53 PM, "Jack Zhang" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Let's say I have a model called 'Dogs'. Users can create instances of >> Dogs. For every Dogs instance that is created, I want to assign a globally >> unique ID to it. The ID will be 3 capitalized letters followed by 7 >> numbers. E.g. ABC1234567, POZ2930193 >> >> What is the easiest way to go about doing this? I looked into UUID but >> it generates a longer string. Keep in mind that the ID must be globally >> unique - so after one has been created, it should not be created again. >> >> Thanks. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/0cd8e33c-8c92-471c-9c36-ac82749750b4%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/0cd8e33c-8c92-471c-9c36-ac82749750b4%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/e22c52fe-ff85-4d26-806b-4de9bb12e7a2%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
