On 23 September 2011 16:34, Curtis Schofield <[email protected]> wrote: > The simple answer is it would be trivial to have ants have unique names use > ant id. > > THe simples i can see is to use player.ant.count (select + update ) > > do a count of ants for player before each batch creation
Using count will not work. Suppose there were three, numbers 1, 2 and 3. Suppose number 2 is deleted leaving 1 and 3. If a new one were created it would get 3 again if count were used. It is necessary to find the current highest and increment that so the new one will be 4. Colin > > I thought of 4 other ways but this is the simplest. > > On Sep 22, 2011 2:43 PM, "Romain 'Maz' BILLOIR" > <[email protected]> wrote: >> (Frenchy, sorry =)) >> >> Hi everyone, i'm working on a web browser based game: >> every player have got some ants and i want every ants of each player >> to have a unique name: >> >> Player 1: >> ant 1 >> ant 2 >> ant 3 >> Player 2: >> ant 1 >> ant 2 >> ant 3 >> ant 4 >> ... >> >> To do that i need to create player1_seq and player2_seq and increment >> the player sequence whenever the player create an ant so i need to >> create sequence whenever a player subscribe. >> >> How to do that? >> >> Thanks. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > -- gplus.to/clanlaw -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
