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That's how we handled it at a previous employer. Or, add a middle initial to one.

-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Yeung
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2017 4:24 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Database design question

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 2:01 PM, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Here, Id starts out with first character of first name and 7 characters of
last name. I don't care if your name is Sara Hithead, you still follow
the rules. Divorce, marriage or other legal name changes leave you with
the original id.

What happens if two people have the same last name and first initial?
Not meant to be snarky, just asking. Stick a number at the end?

John Y.

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