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From Alan Hodgson
Subject Re: serial data type usage
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Msg-id 200811061210.02964@hal.medialogik.com
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In response to serial data type usage  ("EXT-Rothermel, Peter M" <Peter.M.Rothermel@boeing.com>)
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On Thursday 06 November 2008, "EXT-Rothermel, Peter M"
<Peter.M.Rothermel@boeing.com> wrote:
> I have thought about using the serial data type for the employee.id but
> I also want to automate the prepending of the { W, M, E } prefix.
>

You'll need write a before-insert trigger to assign the ID.

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Alan

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