On 2011-01-15, Andrus Moor <kobruleht2@xxxxxx> wrote: > Invoice numbers have format yymmddn > > where n is sequence number in day staring at 1 for every day. > > command > > SELECT COALESCE(MAX(nullif(substring( substring(tasudok from 7), > '^[0-9]*'),'')::int),0)+1 > FROM invoice > where date= ?invoicedate > > is used to get next free invoice number if new invoice is saved. > > If multiple invoices are saved concurrently from different processes, they > will probably get same number. > > How to get unique invoice number for some day in 8.1+ when multiple users > create new invoices ? use a sequence, reset the sequence each night. -- ââ 100% natural -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
