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Generate Auto ID With Prefix

There are several way to generate auto id. Here is a method for generating auto ID from program. By providing prefix, data table with/without data and column name from program, it will return a new ID with prefix. For example... First we need to fill a data table by selecting an sql table. Then call this method by passing the parameters --- getNewIdWithPrefix("CUS-", dataTable, "customerID"); It will return 'CUS-00001' --------------ID Generating Method--------------- public static string getNewIdWithPrefix(string prefix, DataTable dt, string columnName)     {         string newId = string.Empty;         int maxId = 0;         if (dt.Rows.Count > 0)         {             DataTable idTable = new DataTable();           ...