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How can we generate sequence numbers and attach that to the data which need to be uploaded to a particular field in a database table.
For example there is a EmployeeAccessCode field in the Employee table, and This field needs to filled using the first two characters of the Employee name (using _substr function) and then 4 digits (generated sequence number). i.e. _CONCAT(_substr(EmployeeName),SENERATED_SEQUENCE_NO)
I am using iWay ISM version 5.5, with SQL server 2008 as the database.. OS Win XP. I am looking out for some possible option with the iWay Designer objects.