Monday, October 5, 2009

Super-Sized ID Codes

Okay, this is not the most exciting change in the world, but another difference between ZP SQL and ZP 32 is that the property ID and all of the ID Codes in the system have been expanded to 8 characters. This does not change the way the program works but it does make it easier to identify where a record came from just by the ID. In ZP 32 all of theID are prefaced by a single letter. In ZP SQL each ID is prefaced by two letters. The Contact File gives a good idea of why this is improvement. In ZP 32, all Contact File records are prefaced with an "X." Why? Because "C" was already taken by the Contractor database. In ZP SQL, the Contact File records are all prefaced with "CF" and the Contractor records are prefaced with "CT." That, to me at least, makes sense.

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