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Subject: How to generate account number?
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Requirements for `account number` generator:

1. Issue pseudo random consistent number (must be unique for dozen millions=
 of records)
2. Easy check validity (without a need to make a database call)

Interested? Read more here:

http://mindref.blogspot.com/2012/11/generate-account-number.html

Comments or suggestions are welcome.

Thanks.

Andriy Kornatskyy
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