Here's the draft standard for UUIDs demystifying "real" uuid generators - basically as Mark and others have said it's a timestamp mixed in with things like the MAC address and random number generators.
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-mealling-uuid-urn-00.txt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a long shot but worth asking... Listed below are a few sample values from the "Global_ID" field of an MSSQL table I am trying to write to. I have been able to work out where all the other values in the table come from (or how they are worked out), but I was wondering if anyone has seen a similar 16-character string in their travels that is used as a UUID? If so, how is it arrived at? 0100000E3EFA41B1 010000103EFA41B1 0100001B3EFA7DAA 010000283EFA7DAA 0100003A3EFA7DAA 010000573F12380B 010000E83F12380B 010000F23F12380B The field is of datatype varchar (16), so if I was to use createUUID() to arrive at the value, would i be assured that the final 16 characters of the UUID generated by CF is going to be unique? If anyone has any other ideas they will be appreciated. Thanks, Steve C --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/
