From 59ab557a937a2d91ce3375a84aa23e76f7a1ff00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mike12345567 <me@michaeldrury.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:29:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Looping characters used.

---
 packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/alias.ts | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/alias.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/alias.ts
index ca144ee518..05a261af42 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/alias.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/alias.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,13 @@ export default class AliasTables {
     const char = this.character
     this.aliases[tableName] = char
     this.tableAliases[char] = tableName
-    this.character = String.fromCharCode(char.charCodeAt(0) + 1)
+    this.character =
+      char.substring(0, char.length - 1) +
+      String.fromCharCode(char.charCodeAt(char.length - 1) + 1)
+    // reached end of characters, extend number of characters used
+    if (this.character === "z") {
+      this.character = new Array(this.character.length + 1).fill("a").join("")
+    }
     return char
   }