One thing I forgot to mention about using system(99) is that, if for any
reason, the machines clock is adjusted backwards (eg. ntd), there is an
increased probability of duplicate numbers arising. With uuid, this should
be handled by the uuid implimentation.
Regards,
Stuart Boydell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 28-06-2005 12.04.04:
> Another possability is to implement the UUID generator for your OS. It's
sp. possibility!!
> gauranteed to be unique and you can also implement this scheme across
> machines.
>
> eg.
> aix: sh -c "/.../uuid_gen"
> linux: uuidgen
> win: uuidgen.exe (win sdk command line tool) or
> CreateObject("Scriptlet.TypeLib").Guid,38 (Win Scripting Host)
>
> Regards,
> Stuart Boydell
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