RE: [flexcoders] Not able to generate GUID

2007-03-06 Thread Gordon Smith
What are your concerns regarding createUID()? - Gordon From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of scott_flex Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 4:57 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Not able to generate GUID

[flexcoders] Not able to generate GUID

2007-03-05 Thread scott_flex
Is there no function or object to generate a GUID, a true globally unique identifier? the createUID is not what i'm looking for, just figured generating a GUID would be something pretty basic.

Re: [flexcoders] Not able to generate GUID

2007-03-05 Thread Jim Cheng
scott_flex wrote: Is there no function or object to generate a GUID, a true globally unique identifier? Just write your own--it's dirt simple. FYI, GUIDs and UUIDs aren't actually guaranteed to be absolutely unique--however, given the number of random bits involved, a repeat is