Hi all , I am using RedHat6.1 , jdk1.3 , jbuilder3.5 and jboss2.1. I have the code below : public ProjectMngUserPK ejbCreate(ProjectMngUserJB projectmnguserjb) throws CreateException { this.pm_userid = projectmnguserjb.getUserid(); this.companyid = new Integer(projectmnguserjb.getCompanyid()); this.email = projectmnguserjb.getEmail(); this.password = projectmnguserjb.getPassword(); this.canapproved = projectmnguserjb.isCanapproved(); this.ishomeowner = projectmnguserjb.isIshomeowner(); this.issalesexec = projectmnguserjb.isIssalesexec(); this.isprojectexec = projectmnguserjb.isIsprojectexec(); this.isadmin = projectmnguserjb.isIsAdmin(); this.name = projectmnguserjb.getName(); //must generate unique login id for user this.loginid = projectmnguserjb.getLoginid(); return null; } My question is that i need to generate a unique key for loginid. Anybody have any ideas how to do it ? Thanks wt. _______________________________________________ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user