http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2007/03/13/to-uuid-or-not-to-uuid/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Krishna Chandra Prajapati [mailto:prajapatikc@stripped]
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 10:45 AM
> To: Anthony Pace
> Cc: mysql.
> Subject: Re: best way to have a unique key
>
> uuid()
>
> Krishna
>
> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Anthony Pace
> <anthony.pace@stripped>wrote:
>
> > Due to certain reasons, the company I am doing business
> with has decided
> > that the primary key, for an orders table, be a unique key;
> however, I don't
> > like the possibility of it conflicting if moved to another machine.
> >
> > What are some pitfalls of using a unique key, that is
> generated by a server
> > side script, rather than by mysql?
> > What are the best ways to do this?
> >
> > Please keep in mind this variable will also be displayed on
> the customer's
> > Receipt, but again, since it's random, it doesn't have to
> mean anything.
> >
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