uuid() Krishna
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Anthony Pace <anthony.p...@utoronto.ca>wrote: > Due to certain reasons, the company I am doing business with has decided > that the primary key, for an orders table, be a unique key; however, I don't > like the possibility of it conflicting if moved to another machine. > > What are some pitfalls of using a unique key, that is generated by a server > side script, rather than by mysql? > What are the best ways to do this? > > Please keep in mind this variable will also be displayed on the customer's > Receipt, but again, since it's random, it doesn't have to mean anything. > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=prajapat...@gmail.com > >
