> >I'm just curious - what's wrong with the function you're already using? > > Mod_Perl hangs on to it's PID, so it's no longer unique. (I _believe_)
> TIMESTAMP . $$ . $GLOBAL++ I use the above. If you create a global for the child process then that is adequate since the PID belongs to the child and will be unique at least for a second until the next time tick -- it's not plausible to create 65k children in one second. If you need the variable global across multiple servers then include a unique part of the host address as part of the variable in addition to the time stamp. Michael
