It seems that the size of this unique id number isn't an issue. Since that
is the case, why not just use the CreateUUID() function?
-Allen
I would kill everyone in this room for a drop of sweet, tasty beer.
- - Homer Simpson
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From: Owens, Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 6:49 PM
Subject: Making a unique ID
>
> As we know, you can use Access to generate either an incremental or a
random
> ID number.
>
> We've also had discussions about using CF expressions to do this.
>
> What if you don't want to use either of these methods?
>
> My assumption is that CFTokens and CFIDs are always unique. I was thinking
> of splicing these numbers together as inserting them into the DB as the
ID.
> My question is, is my assumption correct? Will these numbers always be
> unique, especially when taken together?
>
> I can get away with this because I'm taking the draconian approach to
> require all users of this particular application to enable cookies, so I
> know ALL users will have these numbers set in their cookies when they get
to
> this point in the application.
>
> I just want to make sure I won't bump into any duplicate issues, or that
the
> chance of a duplicate is so remote (in the 1 to billions range) that it
> really won't be an issue.
>
> H.
>
>
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