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[Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Arun,

if you are using the DHIS 2 Java service layers there is no need to
manually generate and set UIDs. They will be automatically set before the
object is saved.

To generate UIDs you should use this
class: org.hisp.dhis.commonCodeGenerator -> generateCode( 11 );

Javadoc:

http://ci.dhis2.org/job/dhis2-2.24-javadoc/javadoc/org/hisp/dhis/common/CodeGenerator.html



regards,

Lars


On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 11:17 AM, Arun Paul <paul.arun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I am trying to import legacy data into a new DHIS2 installation using
> custom code.
>
> While adding new entries into a database table, I need to assign new UID
> values. What is the algorithm I should use to generated these IDs ? I tried
> using a postgresql extension called uuid-ossp and the
> function uuid_generate_v1() that comes with that extension. But it
> generates uuid of the format ebe87e56-8624-11e6-a4ce-040157be4e01 and
> it's bigger than what CHARACTER VARYING(11) can hold. Any idea what
> strategy should I follow here to easily generate UIDs while inserting
> database entries?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> - Arun Paul
>
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Lars Helge Øverland
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University of Oslo
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