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Asked: 2026-06-15T09:50:17+00:00

I have an ID field that automatically increments by 1 when a new record

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I have an ID field that automatically increments by 1 when a new record is added. Rather than use the numeric ID as is, I would like to convert it to a 6 character string made up of 0-9A-Z (no lowercase letters) with the following format:

A00000

The numbers should increment from 0-9 then A-Z.

Examples

If I were to encode the number 7 for example, it should return: 

A00007

If I encode the number 13 it should return:

A0000D

If I encode the number 36 it should return:

A00010

Hopefully this makes sense. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Suggestion: Add 604661760 to the integer value. That’s the base-10 value of A00000, interpreted as a base-36 number ( = 10 * 36 ^ 5 ).

    Then encode the result in base 36.

    Depending on your data range, you might want to promote the int to a long before adding 604661760.

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