Well it's certainly highly improbably to get duplicated UUID's, supposedly.
-----Original Message----- From: Webmaster at FastTrack On Line [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 October 2005 05:36 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CFID It says it will, but it doesn't in practise. Jenny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Snake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 1:45 AM Subject: RE: CFID > There is an option in the CFADMIN to use a UUID for the CFID, which will > make it unique. > > Russ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Kitta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 08 October 2005 03:21 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CFID > > I think this note explains a lot about CFIDE and CFTOKEN: > http://cfmxplus.blogspot.com/2002_06_23_cfmxplus_archive.html > > As mentioned in above article, by default CFIDE and CFTOKEN are just > pseudo-random numbers that are rather short, thus, there is a chance of > them > repeating. > > TK > > -----Original Message----- > From: Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 10:00 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CFID > > > I have never heard of the CFID being unique... CFID and CFTOKEN > combination > MIGHT be unique, but I have a feeling eventually you will run into dupes > there as well... Why not just generate a UUID to store in the database? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Webmaster at FastTrack On Line > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 9:53 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: CFID > > Hi all, > > CFID and how it really works is something I've never got to the bottom of. > I have never been able to find docs on MM that really explain it. > > Scenario - I run a dating site and each time a user registers I store the > cfid against their user record in an ms sql table. > > I'm been told that CFID is a unique ID field and can't ever repeat. > However, I have maybe 100 dupe records, those with the same CFID. > > How can that possible happen? > > Thanks in advance for any help explaining what's going on. > > Jenny > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:220502 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
