Dave, > 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?
The definition of a UUID says that it should be unique, not only via time, but also across machines. A UUID (according to the spec) should be a number that's not replicable across machines and is unique. Since only going off milliseconds would allow multiple machines to create the same UUID (if they attempted to create the number at when the machine was reporting the same time, you could have identical keys. The idea of a UUID is that you should never be able to replicate the number again--regardless of the computer it's running on. Theoretically it's a true one time number. - Dan ....................................... : Name: Dan G. Switzer, II : : E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : Blog: http://blog.pengoworks.com/ : :.......................................: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
