http://livedocs.adobe.com/ Macromedia LiveDocs - online documentation with user feedback. Copyright 2009, Macromedia, Inc. 2009-11-26T10:25:05 en-us http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/00000467.htm#39906 From ColdFusion 7 - <br /> Parameter validation error for function FORMATBASEN.<br />The value of the parameter 1, which is currently "999999999999", must be a int value.<br /><br />The docs says it takes a number - but it is really looking for an int. (which gets capped at 2,147,483,647. FlexAuthority.com 0 0 2005-09-24T22:51:33 http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/00000467.htm#27737 InputBaseN under CFMX6.1 doesn't accept long 32 hex numbers. (Unsure about CFMX7).<br /><br />The following code:<br /><br /><cfset hash = "28EFD7DB3476EC37B0921108C3E32FD2"><br /><cfset hash_dec = InputBaseN(hash,16)><br /><cfset hash_36 = FormatBaseN(hash_dec,36)><br /><br /> Invalid argument for function InputBaseN.<br />The argument 1 of InputBaseN which is now "28EFD7DB3476EC37B0921108C3E32FD2" must be a valid number in base 16.<br /><br />Shortening the 32 char hex string to a 16 string hex number works. Hence, you can't use CreateUUID to create a UID which could be shorted to base 36 as a short string hash. ianchia 0 0 2005-02-10T19:57:25