Hi Dan Thanks for this. I think I have to say that in 6 years I have not noticed it not working then. In the past it has not been called for say a month at time. Now I am calling it every day I suspect that now I am spotting the failure.
Can you give me any guidance as to how to ensure only 10 digits are returned? Many thanks Martin --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Dan Powderhill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As far as I'm aware the Month(), Day(), Hour() and Minute() functions > will return a single digit if the respective part of the date is 9 or > under, and two digits if it is 10 or greater. I'm confused as to how > it's been working the way you suggest for 6 years though - unless it's > something to do with the date settings on your machine perhaps - have > they changed recently? > > > > Dan > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 29 November 2004 11:23 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [AspClassicAnyQuestionIsOk] Newbie question unique 10 digits > > > > > > Hi > > I have been using the following for 6 years to generate a unique > transaction number. > > <% > Function uniqueID() > a = Now() > uniqueID = Year(a)-2004 & Month(a) & Day(a) & Hour(a) & Minute (a) > & Second(a) > End Function > %> > > Until yesterday this has always given me a 10 digit number.I MUST > have a 10 digit number. > > Now I am getting 11 digits!! > > Can anyone shed some light on this? If not is there a way I can > restrict the number to 10 digits and still make it unique? > > Many Thanks > > Martin > PS ASP skills VERY basic > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > ADVERTISEMENT > click here > <http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=1290q3gue/M=298184.5639630.6699735.300117 6/ > D=groups/S=1705006764:HM/EXP=1101817848/A=2434971/R=0/SIG=11eeoolb0/*h tt > p:/www.netflix.com/Default?mqso=60185400> > > > <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l? M=298184.5639630.6699735.3001176/D=group > s/S=:HM/A=2434971/rand=892903802> > > > > ________________________________ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > * To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AspClassicAnyQuestionIsOk/ > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] subject=Un > subscribe> > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/saFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AspClassicAnyQuestionIsOk/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
