Creating Replica IDs using the @Text Function

An undocumented parameter of the @Text function can be used to calculate a replica ID (like the one assigned to every newly created database).

Use the @Text function in the following form:

@Text( DateTimeValue; „*“ )

The „DateTimeValue“ can of course itself be a function that returns a date/time value. The following formula:

@Prompt([Ok]; „Replica ID via @Text“; @Text( @Now; „*“ ) )

for example produces the following dialog:

When running the statement multiple times, the example nicely shows its dependency on time – the right-hand part after the colon should change continuously.