Re: validation scripting

On 2008-04-21 14:32:20 -0700, FastWolf <wolfsofast@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> 
> Right you are, Harry, and I do use that method in this solution.
> However, I also need to generate a completely different set of unique
> identifiers based on a text string because the identifier gets plugged
> into another text string and the whole thing is used as a filename on
> a Web server.

> Because Servoy hasn't worked all that well for them up to now.  Prior
> to this they were using a bit of Java code on a different Web server
> to generate the ID, but that script keeps cra****ng.  All manual entry
> too.  Not only that but it never did validate the unique value.  At
> this point their db is small enough where I have culled out and
> replaced the dupes manually.  But going forward I need an automated
> solution to this problem.

Go look at the generation of unique IDs presented by Ray Cologon at

http://www.nightwing.com.au/FileMaker/demos9/demo910.html

It uses base 36 encoding and does something with the machine ID to help 
prevent duplicates. It's designed for internal IDs, but elements of it 
may be adaptable to the file naming you need.,

Lynn Allen
www.semiotics.com