great, thanks! 2006/4/24, Thomas Mahler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi Dennis, > > org.apache.ojb.broker.util.GUIDFactory produces GUIDs that are unique > across different VMs. > > cheers, > Thomas > > Dennis Bekkering wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I have a situation where i frequently have to merge data from different > > databases. Uptill now every database has it's own sequence. That means > that > > i cannot merge the data blindly because two records with the same id > might > > not be the same record. I am thinking of switching from int id's to > varchar > > UID's. Does ojb support such mechanism in an offline manner, so that the > two > > servers do not need to communicate with each other. If all id's are > globally > > unique i can blindly merge data without the danger of overwriting stuff. > If > > ojb does not offer this out of the box then does anybody now a way to > > generate UID's across systems. Within one system I use > > java.rmi.server.UID().toString() > > but i dont know how unique that is across different VM's. > > > > Cheers, > > Dennis > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
-- mvg, Dennis
