On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 08:09:04AM -0600, Gerald L. Clark wrote:
> S A wrote:
> >
> > Can MySQL help with generation of ALPHANUMERIC unique identifiers ?
> >
> > ID's that use the full ASCII char range create more possible combinations with the
>same # of characters which can be important when squeezing into cookie storage space.
> >
>
> And 4 byte unsigned integer has 256 times that.
>
but sending unsigned ints in binary encoding in a cookie might get you into trouble.
not that it has anything to do with mysql but ........
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Laurent Oget, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Senior Engineer Zvolve Systems Inc http://zvolve.com
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