I am attempting to address these duplicates without removing the second entry. I am seeking a solution where duplicate records of an identifier would be assigned the maximum identifier value for the account_id. select account_id, identifier, count(*) from books group…
We're building a ticketing system for our customers (enterprise clients) and we're trying to come up with a way to have a sequential, unique ticket ID generation system that is also user-friendly. Unique ID generation is a fairly well-known problem…
I am using Python to interact with a MySQL database. I have a function that allows a user to create an account. The parameters of this function are their full name, email, and password. These parameters are the input fields…
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I am in the process of creating a web application for a genealogy project. I want each person I add onto the database to have a unique id, based on the first 3 characters of their surname (let's call it,…
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I am using VB .Net to access the eBay API and store all completed orders in a database. This database is then fed into a proprietary shipping system, which can not handle an order number larger than 20 characters. eBay…