I will have to do this process in EXCEL first before it is made into a database. I will have many files, but there is about 7 – 9 files that work all together as one e.g.
X192AD1-test.docx
X192AD1-test.avi
X192AD1-test.mpg
X192AD1-test-small.jpg
X192AD1-test-preview.jpg
X192AD1-test-pdf
All the above works as ONE file.
I do not want to use a numbering system, e.g. 00001, 00002, 00003 because people can determine the age of the files, 00001 is older than 000032.
Can anyone give me some advice regarding this because of course I cannot repeat the primary key and I am not sure how to approach this.
Best Answer
You need 2 tables: one called say, Fileset and the other FilesetFile
Example:
Fileset
FilesetFile
You can then create a computed column "FileName" that concatenates FilesetID and FileSuffix to generate the pattern you need above
Trying this with one table will end in failure.