I would like to generate random unique object id's on
inserts into a table. Currently i have a number generator
making unique object id's incrementally, but i would like to
generate random numbers so that the users can' t make any
distinctions from their assigned id's.
help?
i am thinking that i might just have my dbi client
code pick a random number out of 32bits and loop until it is
unique. Most likely every choice would be as 4 billion
objects (4 gigs or so) we will not have for a VERY long time.
Does this sound like bad hack or good hack?
Received on Tue Sep 07 1999 - 06:40:35 CDT
