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>>>Hi,
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>>>Who knows a shorter unique result than SYS(2015) delivers?
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>>Hi Peter
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>>could you explain what those uniqueness is good for?
>>SYS(2015) is not very good uniqe (for example for temp files on a multiuser scenario its not fast enough, I had crashes for non unique filles)
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>>This is by the way it is created.
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>A colleague needs it to prevent that two users simultaneously create a temporary file. But more important is that he has only 5 positions to store the unique part.
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>My guess is that he can use the right five positions of sys(2015) and delete the temporary file after a while.
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>He wants to know the algorithm behind sys(2015).
Hi,
Sys(2015) is derived from '0123456789ABC ~ Z' using the datetime(). A 5 position only, I guess for the reason as stated above the RIGHT(SYS(2015),5) will do, not effective unique but within the day it should work.
Groet,
Koen
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