Dave, Of course the other side of the coin is writing an application that can work with multiple databases... That can sometimes require a generic approach that resides in the application logic. Many shopping carts are like that.
-Mark Mark A. Kruger, CFG, MCSE (402) 408-3733 ext 105 www.cfwebtools.com www.coldfusionmuse.com www.necfug.com -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 10:23 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Any "Gotcha's" in using CF UUID for db record primary key? > What's the reason for using the db instead of CF to generate the UUID? > To keep the load off CF? Primarily, because that sort of thing is the database server's job, in the same way that calculating aggregates is something better left to the database server than your application. There are known issues with CF's creation of UUIDs. A database should be able to work with multiple applications. If one application contains what is essentially data access logic, this isn't possible. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Training: Adobe/Google/Paperthin Certified Partners http://training.figleaf.com/ WebManiacs 2008: the ultimate conference for CF/Flex/AIR developers! http://www.webmaniacsconference.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:301917 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
