Why not just use incremental numeric user IDs? On 12 January 2011 21:23, Eric Chamberlain <[email protected]> wrote: > We use a base64 or base36 (if you want compatibility with the contrib.admin) > encoded UUID, or generate a random 30-character string, the odds of a > collision is quite low. > > On Jan 12, 2011, at 1:11 PM, Micah Carrick wrote: > >> I've got my site's authentication working with and email and password >> only--no username (thanks to Shawn Milochik for helping me with that). >> However, I still need to put in a username to make the User model happy. I >> was hoping to have "user" as a prefix and then some unique number. >> >> I cannot simply copy the email to the username because the username must be >> less than 30 characters and, after looking into my database, many email >> addresses go over that. >> I cannot generate a random number because there could be a collision. >> I cannot use uuid4().hex because that's 32 characters... I need <30. >> I cannot use User.objects.count() because that could result in a collision >> if 2 users register at the same time. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > >
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