Can you use the random function on the database instead?
Kore Peterson
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Mosh Teitelbaum
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Subject: RE: Random Stuff
10/02/2002 10:15
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How about CreateUUID()?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrian Lynch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 10:42 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Random Stuff
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> I have a udf that creates a random string that works great. The
> problem is,
> looping over this for multiple inserts into a db causes problems
> because it
> loops to quickly. Someone mentioned that all the random functions
> in CF use
> the current time/date as a seed. The way around this is to either
> slow down
> the loop, or to append something on the end of the string, in
> this case the
> index of the loop.
>
> Does anyone have a way to generate random numbers as fast as I need them?
>
> Adrian Lynch
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