devdocs/todo.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ PRIORITY - ALWAYS Lowest level stuff first
 =-=-=-=-
 
 todo: switch to Identity column from serial column as it's the proper way to do autoid in postgres now
-
+todo: uint isn't very big, maybe I should use long in it's place everywhere (concurrency token??)
+	https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/integral-numeric-types
 todo: AUTO ID GENERATOR 
 	change to a dedicated spot in global rather than inferring as it is not right practically for reasons
   		Get the auto-id most recent values at boot time

server/AyaNova/Controllers/WidgetController.cs

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             if (o == null) return NotFound(new ApiErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.NOT_FOUND));
             return Ok(ApiOkResponse.Response(o, !Authorized.HasModifyRole(HttpContext.Items, biz.BizType)));
         }
-       
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Put (update) Widget
         /// </summary>        
@@ -156,7 +156,31 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             return NoContent();
         }
 
-        
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Reset serial number
+        /// 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="newSerial">Next starting value for auto generated serial numbers</param>
+        /// <param name="apiVersion">From route path</param>
+        /// <returns>Widget</returns>
+        [HttpPost("reset-serial/{newSerial}")]
+        public async Task<IActionResult> ResetSerial([FromRoute] long newSerial, ApiVersion apiVersion)
+        {
+            if (!serverState.IsOpen)
+                return StatusCode(503, new ApiErrorResponse(serverState.ApiErrorCode, null, serverState.Reason));
+            WidgetBiz biz = WidgetBiz.GetBiz(ct, HttpContext);
+            if (!Authorized.HasCreateRole(HttpContext.Items, biz.BizType))
+                return StatusCode(403, new ApiNotAuthorizedResponse());
+            if (!ModelState.IsValid)
+                return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(ModelState));
+            bool result=await biz.ResetSerial(newSerial);
+            if (!result)
+                return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(biz.Errors));
+            else
+                return NoContent();
+        }
+
         ///////////////////////////////////////////////
         //TEST ROUTES
         //

server/AyaNova/biz/WidgetBiz.cs

@@ -170,6 +170,22 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             }
         }
 
+
+
+ ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+        //RESET SERIAL
+        //
+        internal async Task<bool> ResetSerial(long newSerial)
+        {
+            
+            await ct.SaveChangesAsync();
+           
+            await EventLogProcessor.LogEventToDatabaseAsync(new Event(UserId, newObject.Id, BizType, AyaEvent.ResetSerial,newSerial.ToString()), ct);
+           
+            return true;
+        }
+
+
         ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         //SEARCH
         //

server/AyaNova/util/ServerBootConfig.cs

@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
                 //query for most recently used serial number
                 //(note, can't query for highest serial as it can and likely will reset or be changed manually from time to time
                 // so the algorithm is to keep the most recent sequence going on startup of the server)
-                var serializedObject = ct.Widget.AsNoTracking().OrderByDescending(x => x.Id).FirstOrDefault();
+                // var serializedObject = ct.Widget.AsNoTracking().OrderByDescending(x => x.Id).FirstOrDefault();
-                WIDGET_SERIAL = new AutoId(serializedObject == null ? 0 : serializedObject.Serial);
+                // WIDGET_SERIAL = new AutoId(serializedObject == null ? 0 : serializedObject.Serial);
 
                 // var MostRecentWidget = ct.Widget.AsNoTracking().OrderByDescending(x => x.Id).FirstOrDefault();
                 // uint MaxWidgetId = 0;