+Generates the specified number of prepaid cards. Returns an array reference of
+the newly generated card identifiers, or a scalar error message.
+
+=cut
+
+#false laziness w/agent::generate_reg_codes
+sub generate {
+ my( $num, $type, $length, $hashref ) = @_;
+
+ my @codeset = ();
+ push @codeset, ( 'A'..'Z' ) if $type =~ /alpha/;
+ push @codeset, ( '1'..'9' ) if $type =~ /numeric/;
+ $length ||= 8;
+
+ local $SIG{HUP} = 'IGNORE';
+ local $SIG{INT} = 'IGNORE';
+ local $SIG{QUIT} = 'IGNORE';
+ local $SIG{TERM} = 'IGNORE';
+ local $SIG{TSTP} = 'IGNORE';
+ local $SIG{PIPE} = 'IGNORE';
+
+ my $oldAutoCommit = $FS::UID::AutoCommit;
+ local $FS::UID::AutoCommit = 0;
+ my $dbh = dbh;
+
+ my $condup = 0; #don't retry forever
+
+ my @cards = ();
+ for ( 1 ... $num ) {