Re: [PHP4BETA] UUIDs

Here is a link to the C source library for UUID, you could probably figure out what you want from there. -Monte http://www.bu.edu/~jrd/FreeDCE/dce11rpc.html Sascha Schumann wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 21, 1999 at 01:31:23PM -0500, Andrey Zmievski wrote: > > Zeev Suraski wrote: > > > Is there a standard way to generate them under UNIX? If so, they're by far > > > the most reliable unique identifier. > > > They're pretty predictable, though (at least Win32 GUIDs are). > > If they are predictable, they are unusable for our purpose. > > > > > Here's a link to a little discussion on UUIDs: > > > > > > http://www.maya.com/visage/visage_des/visnote/99002/visnote-99002v1.html > > Any pointers to more in-depth documentation (such as general > concept, generating them, mathematical background)? > > -- > > Regards, > > Sascha Schumann > Consultant > > -- > PHP 4 Beta