Re:Base utility?

[Buck Calabro <mcalabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tony,

>I need some help. I have to find a way to squeeze as many unique identifiers
>as I can into two positions. I also need it to increment easily. I've
>considered converting to hex, but it just doesn't provide enough identifiers
>within two positions.  Is there a  way to use a different base and simply
>add 1 to get the next ID?  How do I count from 00 to ZZ?
>
>base 10 = 00 thru 99 = 100 IDs  and   base 16(hex) = 00 thru FF = 256 IDs

As blasphemous as it sounds, try binary.  RPG can read/write it just fine,
and it's a number, so it's easy to increment.

btw, you should seriously consider this an emergency stop-gap, and plan
a real database change to store a larger number.

Buck Calabro
Commsoft Albany, NY

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