On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 11:48:46PM -0800, Todd Grigsby wrote:
>
> > In this particular case it doesn't. I need to ensure that each URL
> > exists only once. And it is entirely possible to have a URL with 300
> > characters in it.
>
> Ok, how about encoding it? Come up with a simple compression algo
> that uses 6 bits for every 8 bits, allowing for a-z, A-Z, slashes,
> dots, dashes, etc., for a total of 64 different characters. You
> could squeeze 341 characters into the 256.
I was considering using MD5 or something similar if I need to... But I
may have found a way around the problem (for now).
Jeremy
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