# Shorter row IDs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [July 16, 2021, 7:50am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/shorter-row-ids/29174 "2021-07-16T07:50:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 8:25am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/shorter-row-ids/29174/2 "2021-07-16T08:25:01Z")
> [@Row ID alternative](https://community.glideapps.com/t/row-id-alternative/28445/8): > > I would think that RANDBETWEEN could always have the potential to return duplicates and would constantly change, unless you are somehow building in logic to save that random value…and even then, it would have to somehow allow multiple users to get a unique random number at the same time I think the safest bet for a short and unique random number would be some kind of mathematical logic that uses the date and time in combination with a number generated from part of a user’s name and a global num… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.glideapps.com/t/shorter-row-ids/29174)._