Pproblem Creating Serial multipart id numbers

nuzzart

I am having a problem creating a serial ID number for places in CA-2.0.11 on Ubuntu 22.04.
Here is the configuration I am using:

ca_places = {
	__default__ = {
		separator =,
		
		elements = {
			num = {
			  type = SERIAL,
                              zeropad_to_length = 6,
                              prefix  = "P",
                              width = 10,
			  description = _(Identifier),
			  editable = 0
			}
		}
	}
},

It works correctly for the first place created but it never increments when adding additional places. Also if I add a minimum value it still starts a 1. This configuration form works fine for entities, collection, and storage. but it also fails on list items. I've also tried configuration with UUIDNumber set in app.conf. The results is the same. It set it for the first place created but keeps the same UUIDNumber for additional places added.

I must be missing something. Thanks for any assistance.

seth

Is this an existing/older system? You may need to reload the sortable values, as the numeric sequence is based upon the sort order of identifiers. The format used to sort those identifiers has changed over time.

To reload sortable values you can either:

Login as an administrator, navigate to Manage > Administrate, select Maintenance from the left-side menu and then Reload sort values
On the server command line cd into the support directory and run bin/caUtils rebuild-sort-values