Re: UUID's

2011-06-21 Thread Glenn Maynard
> Earlier this week I hit a real-world issue where I needed to generate a UUID > from JavaScript. It's possible to do this using Math.random, but these > aren't guaranteed unique in the same way as version 1 UUID's (generated via > a time-based algorithm). Decent wri

UUID's

2011-06-21 Thread Nathan Kitchen
from JavaScript. It's possible to do this using Math.random, but these aren't guaranteed unique in the same way as version 1 UUID's (generated via a time-based algorithm). Decent write-up here (not mine): http://www.broofa.com/2008/09/javascript-uuid-function/ And the spec: http: