Hello,
I am working on a SKU generator and I need to prevent duplicate SKUs, but each SKU is made from several different fields. i.e. Brand, Color, Design, etc.
I was wondering if Concatenating would be OK for this situation. I know concatenating usually results in redundant data and I try to avoid that.
I would like to just index (no duplicates) the entire record... is this possible? I can't just set that attribute to each field because there will be many duplicates on a per field basis. i.e. Brand will be duplicated every time I use the same vendor for a different shirt.
My brain is kinda fried so I apologize if this doesn't make perfect sense.
Thanks!!
EDIT: I can't just go back and address duplicates once they occur. I need to prevent them from occuring in the first place.
I am working on a SKU generator and I need to prevent duplicate SKUs, but each SKU is made from several different fields. i.e. Brand, Color, Design, etc.
I was wondering if Concatenating would be OK for this situation. I know concatenating usually results in redundant data and I try to avoid that.
I would like to just index (no duplicates) the entire record... is this possible? I can't just set that attribute to each field because there will be many duplicates on a per field basis. i.e. Brand will be duplicated every time I use the same vendor for a different shirt.
My brain is kinda fried so I apologize if this doesn't make perfect sense.
Thanks!!
EDIT: I can't just go back and address duplicates once they occur. I need to prevent them from occuring in the first place.
