Re: Unique Field from a string

Not .... this would make abc=acb=bac=bca=cab=cba.

<aqs472_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:908trh$mgq$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> You might want to assign a two-digit number to each letter, the
> combination of which will yield a unique number.
>
> Just a thought.
>
>
> In article <908ro5$kn1$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,
> designpixs_at_my-deja.com wrote:
> > I need to get a number field populated (for use as a primary key)
 using
> > a combination of 8 fields. These 8 fields are varchar2 and will total
> > 175 characters if all were populated to their max size. So, what I
> > need to do is concatinate these 8 fields and then find a way to get a
> > unique number value from it. (i.e. if I have 'THISISATEST' I would
 get
> > 12345 or 'THISISANOTHERTEST' I would get 12321). The number has to be
> > unique to the string passed in. So if I pass the same string in again
> > I will get the same number but if I pass a different string in I can't
> > get that number. I messed around with DBMS_UTILITY.GET_HASH_VALUE but
> > that produced poor results.
> >
> > Hope someone can help.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Drew
> >
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> >
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>
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Received on Fri Dec 01 2000 - 20:40:24 CST