Use the below function it will return you a GUID
public function getUID():String
{
uidNumber=UIDUtil.createUID();
return 'a'+uidNumber.substr(0,5);
}
Thanks,
Kumar
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Gordon Smith
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 5:39 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: Not able to generate GUID
> Any reason why Flex/Actionscript can't use the MAC address or the
> CPU's information to get a "true" GUID?
The Flash Player doesn't currently give access to this information.
- Gordon
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of scott_flex
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 3:19 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Not able to generate GUID
Well.. i appreciate all the clarification on how the UID is
generated. That certainly builds my confidence that it will stay
unqiue... and even at that these ids will be split between different
tables in my database so that further decreases the chances of
collision.
And the UID's can be used in uniqueidentifier column types in SQL
Server.
Using the Flex's createUID does make my life a lot simpler.
Any reason why Flex/Actionscript can't use the MAC address or the
CPU's information to get a "true" GUID?
--Scott
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com,
"Gordon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> createUID() uses ActionScript's Math.random() to generate 24 of the
32
> bytes of the UID; the other 8 are determined from the current date-
time.
> The chance that these UIDs wouldn't be good enough for database
keys is
> very small. But just in case, couldn't you simply call createUID()
again
> if the database errored because a new row didn't have a unique key?
>
> - Gordon
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com]
On
> Behalf Of scott_flex
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 1:36 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Not able to generate GUID
>
>
>
>
> My initial concerns was that it would give a true GUID.
>
> This statement from the Flex Live docs on adobe.com states: "This
UID
> will not be truly globally unique; but it is the best we can do
> without player support for UID generation."
>
> Maybe i'm reading that wrong... but i'm not getting the sense that
I
> can guarantee these numbers to be unique across the board and be
used
> to uniquely identify rows in a database... either as the primary
key
> itself but most likely to determine the PK based on the rowGUID
> column.
>
> --Scott
>
> --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com
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> , "Gordon Smith" <gosmith@> wrote:
> >
> > What are your concerns regarding createUID()?
> >
> > - Gordon
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
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> > Behalf Of scott_flex
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> > Subject: [flexcoders] Not able to generate GUID
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Is there no function or object to generate a GUID, a true
globally
> > unique identifier?
> >
> > the createUID is not what i'm looking for, just figured
generating
> a
> > GUID would be something pretty basic.
> >
>
