Is it a hash function in that the resulting string is randomly distributed among its range? It seems like in a distributed hash table like BigTable, this would be how it's implemented.
The reason I'm asking is, I want to do a random query. I want to select a random entity from an entity group. I thought if the key is distributed like this, then I could generate a random string like it myself, and simply query for the first result bigger than this. Is this viable? Thanks. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" 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/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
