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| From: | Scott Haneda | Date: | October 16 2009 6:44pm |
| Subject: | Re: insert random number into table | ||
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I always maintain a timestamp in my random numbers. As long as my precision is higher than my requests per second, wouldn't I be safe from collisions? Assuming a time machine is not invented. -- Scott Iphone says hello. On Oct 16, 2009, at 11:29 AM, "Jerry Schwartz" <jschwartz@stripped > wrote: > JS] Just remember that the pseudo-random numbers that come out of a > computer, > regardless of where or how they are generated, are not guaranteed to > be > unique. Although the odds of a collision are slim, my philosophy has > always > been "if it's possible, it will happen - in the middle of your > vacation".
| Thread | ||
|---|---|---|
| • insert random number into table | Ray | 16 Oct |
| • RE: insert random number into table | Jerry Schwartz | 16 Oct |
| • Re: insert random number into table | Ray | 16 Oct |
| • RE: insert random number into table | Jerry Schwartz | 16 Oct |
| • Re: insert random number into table | Scott Haneda | 16 Oct |
| • RE: insert random number into table | Jerry Schwartz | 19 Oct |
| • Re: insert random number into table | Ray | 17 Oct |
| • RE: insert random number into table | Gavin Towey | 16 Oct |
| • Re: insert random number into table | Scott Haneda | 16 Oct |
