Hi Travis-

Is it impractical?

I've used a simple date+rand constructor and ran it through an encoding to HEX 
to get a 'random' object id and had no troubles with that. I suppose it has 
limits to uniqueness in theory but it was quick to generate.

I was also about to start looking for something more short, like bit.ly urls ? 
More like a mod-counter with a nice set of case-sensitive characters.

I was just about to ask if someone know's of a good slice of code or method to 
do just that so I could adopt something more modern?

I figured for certain WO URLs it might be clean and won't expose id ordering in 
a URL so I'd write an apache rule or two and use an object-id like the die 
above? Not smart?

On Aug 19, 2011, at 8:15 AM, Travis Britt wrote:

> Unless you're generating a true guid that's impractical to do in a general 
> way at the app level.
> 
> tb
> 
> On Aug 19, 2011, at 8:03 AM, Kevin Hinkson wrote:
>> This should be a common issue then. So I'm surprised there isn't some kind 
>> of slug generator that handles ensuring uniqueness in Wonder. (or is there?)
> 
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