>Here's a funny one. No biggie but a bit annoying.
>
>I use the following code to generate a fairly unique filename for my exported XLS file, incorporating today's date + a random no. suffix, in case several XLSs are generated in one session/day, so they don't need to keep typing in a new name. This has been working fine till today. But today it keeps giving 851 and 856 (and others similar) off my m/c AND the 2 users' m/cs, such that my code, and Excel's interface keep asking if want overwrite.
>
>

>lcRandNum	  = ALLTRIM( STR( INT( RAND() * 1000)))
>lcDateStr	  = ALLTRIM( DTOC( DATE()))
>lcDateStr	  = STRTRAN( lcDateStr, "-", "_") + lcRandNum
>lcFilePath = PUTFILE("Export Results", "S" + lcDateStr, "XLS")
>

>
>Both when testing and today I've been issuing:
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>? STR( INT( RAND() * 1000))
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>repeatedly at the command line with expected varied results. Any ideas?
>
>'ppreciate it
>
>Terry

Ok, out of pity: Re: Unable to get random generation with OleDb Thread #1154512