If I understand your request correctly, you you want to do this:
Anytime status is active you dont do anything.
Anytime status is deactivated you want to alphabetically increase name, so that Aa becomes Bb and so on.
Am I correct?
Is there a rule for how the "active" person for a given inactive person is determined? Next in order, least used, ...?
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