Unique Number

[Tracy Johnson]

On Wed, 12 May 1999, Gassett, Chris wrote:

> Running Powerhouse Ver. 7.33D on an HP9000.  I need to create a unique
> variable that cannot be duplicated within a twelve month period.  A
> sequential number cannot be stored anywhere is not stored anywhere also.
> Anyone have a calculation or formula that already does this?  Thanks, Chris

I worked on with a Powerhouse application for a couple of years which did
as Michel Adam described, by using a date-time stamp to record a
transaction.  Of course it used a system time down to the micro-second to
make sure the stamp was unique.

Tracy Johnson
"Trust No One" - Semper Gumby



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