The artilce made a bunch of references to MAC address as well and it struck me as the fox version of a GUID and not a real GUID.
CustomerID= Guid.NewGuid(); For one client they did run the Int64 list of numbers for transactions for Hilton Hotels world wide in invoice IDs . Can't remember how many years it took to do that 3 or 4. On 9/26/12, Dan Covill <[email protected]> wrote: > On 09/26/12 06:40, Ted Roche wrote: >> I don't think a Random GUID or a sequential GUID is any different >> from a GUID, unless MSFT has redefined GUID in the way they redefined >> "Innovate." > > I went back to the article and clicked on the link to 'sequential GUID' > and read the forum post. In fact, this wasn't a GUID at all; just a > made up ID combining some sort of system ID with an integer, generated > by god knows what rule. > > I conclude that at least half the people complaining about GUIDs don't > know what they are or how they are generated, and that it's highly > likely that many 'GUIDs' being used out there were generated by > home-grown hack routines that aren't really GUIDs at all. > > Back in the '60s I spent a lot of time looking at random number > generators. Don't try to write your own, but if you have to read Don > Knuth's "The Art of Computer Programming" first. > > Dan Covill > San Diego > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAJidMY+LpCwHj7nmWhsc3aRPRw0if01vmze4qJL5g_tFSYu8=g...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
