allocated order number

[ajmn]

many thanks for confirming this,
i did conclude this but did not want to presume.

as the payment method requires an order number to be posted
that leaves me with having to create a new dynamic order number system

for a work around does this sound a good route?....

I could use a numbering system based on the current time (it will involve raising the ‘2000000000’ limit)
e.g. order made today at 22:09:32 could be order number 130610220932007 [$new_orders_id = $yy . $MM . $DD . $H . $i . $s . $u] ....includes formatting the value for $u ~ ‘00’7, ‘0’17, 217 etc

this seems straightforward,

i concur this approach would mean gaps in the order numbers
and
i don’t think the probability is ever likely to be 1 for the situation where multiple orders end up having the have exact same start time.

ideas for a alternative / simpler method ?