the prefix is the old-style (random number) CFTOKEN which gets prepended to the UUID to form the complete new-style CFTOKEN. Not sure why, but that's the way it works. Might be to allow old-style clients to connect to a server after it was changed to use the new-style CFTOKEN, but I don't know.
--- Barney Boisvert, Senior Development Engineer AudienceCentral [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice : 360.756.8080 x12 fax : 360.647.5351 www.audiencecentral.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Carabetta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 3:12 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CFMX UUID Length > > > >Pete Freitag has got something related to this on his blog (June 17th > >entry): > > > >http://cfm.blogspot.com/ > > > > Thanks for that. Does anybody know why there's a 17-character > prefix to the > UUID? If the UUID algorithm is based on time down to the > milliseconds (which > is what I remember reading somewhere), there shouldn't really be > a need for > it, should there be? > > Thanks again, > Dave. > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.490 / Virus Database: 289 - Release Date: 6/16/2003 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
