RE: Witango-Talk: User Reference

[Ben Johansen]

I don’t think the userref is stored as hex Number, but of of course, when I look at my sample, there is no letter over F, I think it is an Alphanumeric code and is not in HEX code? If I am wrong sobeit ;-)   I will look in my archives, I know this hex to dec issue has been asked and answered Ben Johansen - http://www.pcforge.com Authorized Witango Reseller http://www.pcforge.com/WitangoGoodies.htm Authorized MDaemon Mail Server Reseller http://www.pcforge.com/AltN.htm -----Original Message----- From: Atrix Wolfe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 4:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: User Reference   Hmm, so i guess maybe some parts are more likely to be unique than other parts.   Thanks for the info Ben...   oh wait, do you know if theres a way in witango to convert from hex to decimal and back?  I only wanted to store the first 5 digits to save on space but storing it as a number instead of text would save alot of space too i bet. ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Johansen To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 4:04 PM Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: User Reference   Userreference is assigned server side. I don’t know what all goes into creating it, but I know time is a factor, and it is possible that the first few chars are base on Hour and Min. and it possible to have that time combo come up as a start to the userref multiple times during the day.   Using the first portion of user ref and not the whole will not necessarily be unique. You need to use the whole userref to guarantee uniqueness.   Either that or someone bookmarked a page with it in and sent it to someone else as a link and that someone else accessed that page prior to timeout     Ben Johansen - http://www.pcforge.com Authorized Witango Reseller http://www.pcforge.com/WitangoGoodies.htm Authorized MDaemon Mail Server Reseller http://www.pcforge.com/AltN.htm -----Original Message----- From: Atrix Wolfe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 3:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Witango-Talk: User Reference   Hello everyone,   I posted this but it didnt apear so im reposting, sorry if it shows up twice!   When users log in we put some information in the database about them, including the first 5 digits of the user reference number so we can match it up in the log with user reference numbers easier.   We had a user log in on 6/30 with first 5 user ref digits of 5353C, then they logged in on 7/8 with DE1C4, and again on 7/9 with 5353C again (all from same IP).   I was wondering if it was likely that he got the same first 5 digits (or maybe all digits?) of a user reference number the same over a short period of time or maybe its an indiciation of something wrong?  I dont know if user references are generated client side or server side so i thought id ask and see if this was anything to worry about.   Thanks! Atrix ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf