How are you guys auto generating ID’s during the signup or thing creation stage? The Bubble ID is too long and I don’t want to use Blockspring - trying to minimise API dependency. Ideally I just want a 6 digit number.

[image] Generate random combination of letters and numbers fith fixed length Need help Hi, Bubblers. In my project I have a thing called “Booking”. I want evety booking to have a code with several restrictions: It should be unique; It should consist of random combinatio…

Hi Greg, How did you achieve this requirement? I want to generate unique IDs but not randomly. I want them to be incremental. For example a booking ID can have first few letters fixed, for example the first 3 letters can always be BKG and then an incremental number should get appended to BKG, like …

Hello, not OP but maybe I can help you get futher… If you want to use incremental numbers, the easiest way is to do a “search for items” sorted by creation-date. Get the most recent item’s ‘number’ and add 1 it before saving to your new entry.

I normally do it this way. Works like a charm, every time. Also, it doesn’t break when records are deleted. I prefer to add an “id” field to each thing. When I create a new thing, I set my workflow up this way. [image] [image] [image]

[SOLVED] Auto generating Unique ID's

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[SOLVED] Auto generating Unique ID's

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