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[Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx>]

In fact,  generateCode(); will do.

Lars


On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 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
Lead developer, DHIS 2
University of Oslo
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