See my other post - the reverse is is just to break the order.
Jim
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of danch (Dan
> Christopherson)
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 4:16 PM
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> Subject: Re: [JBoss-user] Key generation by random numbers
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>
> Jim Kimball wrote:
>
> > If you are looking for a simple unique ID generator that is
> also (somewhat)
> > evenly distributed, use a reverse timestamp. Use
> > System.getCurrentTimeMillis(), turn it into a string, then
> reverse it.
>
>
> Reverse it so that the LSB becomes MSB? Is that for better hash
> distribution, or just to break order in the PK index?
>
> -danch
>
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