do you actually need the numbers to be random or just unique? auto-incremented zero-filed integers of set length are available as datatype in some DBs (i.e. MySQL)... not random (they will be sequential), but unique to each record...
--- Azadi Saryev Sabai-dee.com http://www.sabai-dee.com Les Irvin wrote: > Is there a slick way to do this in CF? Let's say I have a set of > records - one field of which is for a unique and random 6 digit > number. When adding a new record, what the best way to assign its > random number that's not already assigned to another record? > > Thanks in advance, > Les > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:298786 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
