Alpha-numeric sequence in SQL Server

Question

I need to generate a 3 character alphanumeric sequence, in SQL Server 2008, as follows:

001,
002,
...,
999,
A01,
A02,
...,
A99,
B01,
B02,
...,
Z99

The next item in the sequence will get generated from a stored procedure and stored in a NCHAR(3) table column.

Answer 1

To get the next sequence you can add a Id like

WITH seq AS
(
    SELECT 
        ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY x.alpha + y.number + z.number) AS Id,
        CONVERT(nchar(3), x.alpha + y.number + z.number) AS Result
    FROM 
        (
            VALUES 
            ('0'), ('1'), ('2'), ('3'), ('4'), ('5'), ('6'), ('7'), ('8'), ('9'),
            ('A'), ('B'), ('C'), ('D'), ('E'), ('F'), ('G'), ('H'), ('I'), ('J'), 
            ('K'), ('L'), ('M'), ('N'), ('O'), ('P'), ('Q'), ('R'), ('S'), ('T'), 
            ('U'), ('V'), ('W'), ('X'), ('Y'), ('Z')
        ) x(alpha),
        (
            VALUES 
            ('0'), ('1'), ('2'), ('3'), ('4'), ('5'), ('6'), ('7'), ('8'), ('9')
        ) y(number),
        (
            VALUES 
            ('0'), ('1'), ('2'), ('3'), ('4'), ('5'), ('6'), ('7'), ('8'), ('9')
        ) z(number)
    WHERE
       NOT (NOT x.alpha BETWEEN '1' AND '9' AND y.number = '0' AND z.number = '0')
)
-- Uncomment to see all results
--SELECT * FROM seq

SELECT Result FROM seq WHERE Id = (SELECT Id + 1 FROM seq WHERE Result = 'Z01')

Result

Z02

Full count = 3573 = 999 + (26 * 99)