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    Can I make the primary key alphanumeric !

    Hi

    Want I want to do is create a table with a primary key that
    will increment numbers with a letter code before it.

    For example FG01
    FG02
    FG03

    Is it possible to do this with mysql, I undertand that the primary key value is usually a integer so it might not be possible to do this.But I have seen it done on other sites so it must be possible.

    Could anyone help.

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    the primary key can certainly be of that style but you will have to increment it yourself

    if you want to use an auto_increment, you can achieve a similar result by appending the auto_increment value to a constant every time you want to display the key, but this is not recommended, and you should not need to display your key in the first place
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    Why would you post the same question twice?
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